femtochemistry
fem·toc·he·mistry
noun
1.
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
Origin
From femto- + chemistry, since it deals with time scales of femtoseconds.
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