Definition of Thermochemistry

1. Noun. The branch of chemistry that studies the relation between chemical action and the amount of heat absorbed or generated.

Generic synonyms: Chemical Science, Chemistry

Definition of Thermochemistry

1. n. That branch of chemical science which includes the investigation of the various relations existing between chemical action and that manifestation of force termed heat, or the determination of the heat evolved by, or employed in, chemical actions.

Definition of Thermochemistry

1. Noun. (context: chemistry physics) The study of the thermodynamics of chemical reactions. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Thermochemistry

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Medical Definition of Thermochemistry

1. That branch of chemical science which includes the investigation of the various relations existing between chemical action and that manifestation of force termed heat, or the determination of the heat evolved by, or employed in, chemical actions. Origin: Thermo- + chemistry. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thermochemistry

thermobaric
thermobaric bomb
thermobarometer
thermobarometers
thermobatteries
thermobattery
thermocapillary
thermocauterectomy
thermocautery
thermoception
thermochemic
thermochemical
thermochemical conversion process
thermochemically
thermochemist
thermochemistry (current term)
thermochemists
thermochroic
thermochroism
thermochromatic
thermochromatographic
thermochromatographically
thermochromatography
thermochromic
thermochromism
thermochromy
thermochronological
thermochronologically
thermochronology
thermochrose

Literary usage of Thermochemistry

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of the Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates by Gustav Mann, Walther Löb, Henry William Frederic Lorenz, Robert Wiedersheim, William Newton Parker, Thomas Jeffery Parker, Harry Clary Jones, Sunao Tawara, Leverett White Brownell, Max Julius Louis Le Blanc, Willis Rodney Whitney, John Wesley Brown, Wi (1907)
"CHAPTER VI thermochemistry DEVELOPMENT OF thermochemistry Earlier Observations; ... Modern thermochemistry may be said to date from the time of Hess.3 He ..."

2. The Elements of Physical Chemistry by Harry Clary Jones (1915)
"CHAPTER VI thermochemistry DEVELOPMENT OF thermochemistry Earlier Observations; ... Modern thermochemistry may be said to date from the time of Hess.3 He ..."

3. An Advanced Course of Instruction in Chemical Principles by Arthur Amos Noyes, Miles Standish Sherrill (1922)
"The branch of chemistry dealing with the heat-effects and changes in energy-content attending chemical changes is called thermochemistry. ..."

4. Outlines of General Chemistry by Wilhelm Ostwald (1890)
"CHAPTER IV thermochemistry OF THE NON-METALS IN accordance with the fact already stated that no general quantitative laws (with the exception of the law of ..."

5. Outlines of General Chemistry by Wilhelm Ostwald (1890)
"CHAPTER IV thermochemistry OF THE NON-METALS Ix accordance with the fact already stated that no general quantitative laws (with the exception of the law of ..."

6. The Theory of Electrolytic Dissociation and Some of Its Applications by Harry Clary Jones (1900)
"THE DEVELOPMENT OF thermochemistry The quantitative study of the amount of heat ... But the beginning of modern thermochemistry dates from the time of GH ..."

7. The Theory of Electrolytic Dissociation and Some of Its Applications by Harry Clary Jones (1900)
"THE DEVELOPMENT OF thermochemistry The quantitative study of the amount of heat ... But the beginning of modern thermochemistry dates from the time of GH ..."

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