stoichiometry stoyxiyosanji Fr.: stoechiométrie 1) The branch of chemistry that studies chemical processes within the context of the laws of
definite proportions
and conservation of matter and energy. From Gk. stoikheion "element, component, principle," Stoikheia
"elements" (the title of Euclid's great collection of Gk. mathematics);
loaned in Ar. and Pers. (9-th century A.D.) as ustuqus ( Stoyxiyosanji, from stoyxiyo loan from Gk., as above, + -sanji, → -metry. |