Category: SciencePart of speech: nounDifficulty: Intermediate

kemi

/kemi/Roman

English meaning: Chemistry

Swedish Definition

(Svenska)

Vetenskapen om ämnens sammansättning, egenskaper och kemiska förändringar.

English Definition

The science of substances, their properties, and reactions. Swedish chemistry has produced Nobel Prize winners and Alfred Nobel himself — inventor of dynamite (nitroglycerin + kieselguhr) — who established all the prizes. Nobel's invention transformed mining, construction, and warfare. Swedish chemical industry includes SSAB (green steel), AkzoNobel, and pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca (co-headquartered in UK).

Example

Alfred Nobel, uppfinnaren av dynamiten, grundade Nobel­priset med sin förmögenhet.

In English: Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the Nobel Prize with his fortune.

Synonyms

  • kemikunskap
  • biokemi

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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