Category: SciencePart of speech: nounDifficulty: Intermediate

fysik

/fysik/Roman

English meaning: Physics

Swedish Definition

(Svenska)

Vetenskapen om materiens grundläggande egenskaper, energi och deras interaktioner.

English Definition

The branch of science concerned with matter, energy, and their interactions. Swedish physics has produced Nobel laureates — Manne Siegbahn (Nobel 1924, X-ray spectroscopy), Kai Siegbahn (Nobel 1981, electron spectroscopy), Hannes Alfvén (Nobel 1970, magnetohydrodynamics). The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the Nobel Prize in Physics. CERN research involves significant Swedish participation.

Example

Kungliga Vetenskapsakademin i Stockholm delar ut Nobelpriset i fysik varje år.

In English: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm awards the Nobel Prize in Physics annually.

Synonyms

  • naturlära
  • mekanik

Literary Heritage

Vetenskapen är den nya religionen, och laboratoriet är templet.

Science is the new religion, and the laboratory is the temple.

August Strindberg · Playwright / Novelist · 19th–20th century

Inferno

Inferno, Ch. 6, 1897

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