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inorganic chemistry

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The chemistry of the elements (including carbon), and those compounds that do not contain carbon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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noun

Meaning 2

the chemistry of compounds that do not contain hydrocarbon radicals

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: chemistry, chemical science

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35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كيمياء اللاعضوية — chemistry of elements and non-carbon containing compounds
  • Asturian: química inorgánica — chemistry of elements and non-carbon containing compounds
  • Belarusian: неаргані́чная хі́мія (njearhaníčnaja xímija) — chemistry of elements and non-carbon containing compounds
  • Bulgarian: неорганична химия (neorganična himija) — chemistry of elements and non-carbon containing compounds
  • Catalan: química inorgànica — chemistry of elements and non-carbon containing compounds
  • Chinese Cantonese: 無機化學 /无机化学 (mou4 gei1 faa3 hok6) — chemistry of elements and non-carbon containing compounds
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無機化學 /无机化学 (wújī huàxué) — chemistry of elements and non-carbon containing compounds
  • Czech: anorganická chemie — chemistry of elements and non-carbon containing compounds
  • Danish: inorganisk kemi — chemistry of elements and non-carbon containing compounds
  • Esperanto: neorganika kemio — chemistry of elements and non-carbon containing compounds
  • Estonian: anorgaaniline keemia — chemistry of elements and non-carbon containing compounds
  • Finnish: epäorgaaninen kemia — chemistry of elements and non-carbon containing compounds
  • French: chimie inorganique — chemistry of elements and non-carbon containing compounds
  • German: anorganische Chemie — chemistry of elements and non-carbon containing compounds
  • Hungarian: szervetlen kémia — chemistry of elements and non-carbon containing compounds
  • Indonesian: kimia anorganik — chemistry of elements and non-carbon containing compounds
  • Irish: ceimic neamhorgánach — chemistry of elements and non-carbon containing compounds
  • Italian: chimica inorganica — chemistry of elements and non-carbon containing compounds
  • Japanese: 無機化学 (muki kagaku) — chemistry of elements and non-carbon containing compounds
  • Korean: 무기화학 (mugihwahak) — chemistry of elements and non-carbon containing compounds
  • Mongolian: органик биш хими (organik biš ximi) — chemistry of elements and non-carbon containing compounds
  • Mongolian: ᠣᠷᠭᠠᠨᠢᠭ ᠪᠢᠰᠢ ᠬᠢᠮᠢ (orɣanig bisi qimi) — chemistry of elements and non-carbon containing compounds
  • Polish: chemia nieorganiczna — chemistry of elements and non-carbon containing compounds
  • Portuguese: química inorgânica — chemistry of elements and non-carbon containing compounds
  • Romanian: chimie anorganică — chemistry of elements and non-carbon containing compounds
  • Russian: неоргани́ческая хи́мия (neorganíčeskaja xímija) — chemistry of elements and non-carbon containing compounds
  • Serbo-Croatian: анорганска кемија — chemistry of elements and non-carbon containing compounds
  • Serbo-Croatian: anorganska kemija — chemistry of elements and non-carbon containing compounds
  • Spanish: química inorgánica — chemistry of elements and non-carbon containing compounds
  • Swedish: oorganisk kemi — chemistry of elements and non-carbon containing compounds
  • Tamil: கனிம வேதியியல் (kaṉima vētiyiyal) — chemistry of elements and non-carbon containing compounds
  • Thai: เคมีอนินทรีย์ — chemistry of elements and non-carbon containing compounds
  • Turkish: inorganik kimya — chemistry of elements and non-carbon containing compounds
  • Ukrainian: неоргані́чна хі́мія (neorhaníčna xímija) — chemistry of elements and non-carbon containing compounds
  • Vietnamese: hóa học vô cơ — chemistry of elements and non-carbon containing compounds