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有機化学 (ゆうきかがく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

有ゆう機き化か学がく

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Meanings

1

noun

organic chemistry

The branch of chemistry dealing with carbon compounds. Used in academic and scientific contexts.

彼かれは大だい学がくで有ゆう機き化か学がくを専せん攻こうしている。
He is majoring in organic chemistry at university.
有ゆう機き化か学がくの実じっ験けんは注ちゅう意いが

必ひつ

要よう

だ

。

Experiments in organic chemistry require caution.

Kanji

有possess, have, exist
機loom, mechanism, machine
化change, take the form of, influence
学study, learning, science

Similar words

無む機き化か学がく
Inorganic chemistry, the counterpart dealing with non-carbon compounds.
化か学がく
General term for chemistry; 有機化学 is a subfield.

Etymology

Compound of 有機 (organic) and 化学 (chemistry). 有機 originally meant 'having a mechanism' and was adopted in the 19th century to translate 'organic' in the chemical sense.