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noun
The study of chemical reactions on a very short time scale, often using pulsed lasers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
the branch of chemistry that studies elementary (often very fast) chemical reactions as they occur; the experimental methods are often based on the use of femtosecond laser pulses
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: chemistry, chemical science
History
From femto- + chemistry, since it deals with time scales of femtoseconds.
Across languages
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