physicochemical

American  

[fiz-i-koh-kem-i-kuhl] / ˌfɪz ɪ koʊˈkɛm ɪ kəl /

adjective

Chemistry.

1. physical and chemical.

   the physicochemical properties of an isomer.

2. pertaining to physical chemistry.

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physicochemical British  

/ ˌfɪzɪkəʊˈkɛmɪkəl /

adjective

1. of, concerned with, or relating to physical chemistry or both physics and chemistry

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Other Word Forms

• physicochemically adverb

Etymology

Origin of physicochemical

First recorded in 1655–65; physic(al) + -o- + chemical

Example Sentences

The new research provides a starting point for understanding how emergent properties, whereby the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, give rise to condensate-specific "physicochemical barcodes," according to King.

From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2024

“Gas is currently the only energy source that ensures the physicochemical process in the production of white hard porcelain,” said Mads Ryder, chief executive of Rosenthal, referring to the china his company produces.

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2022

Is it because the answer resides at scales and resolutions technology cannot yet achieve, or is it that life is the result of exotic physicochemical processes yet to be discovered—or none of those things?

From Scientific American • Sep. 5, 2019

The EMP solicited the global scientific community for environmental samples and associated metadata spanning diverse environments and capturing spatial, temporal, and/or physicochemical covariation.

From Nature • Oct. 31, 2017

The regenerative process itself depends upon the cooperation of many physical and chemical factors, in many and complex physicochemical systems in varying conditions of equilibrium.

From Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 by Anonymous