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Polish vocabulary: science and technology

Experiment, energy, machine, research: the words of science and technology in Polish.

Here are 100 Polish words on “Science and technology”, translated into English and sorted from easiest to hardest.

Level 1: easy 40 words

PolishEnglish
kwasacid
analizaanalysis
czarna dziurablack hole
obliczeniecalculation
komórkacell
obwód elektrycznycircuit
przewodnikconducting material
prądcurrent
różnicadifference
odkryciediscovery
pierwiastekelement
potęgaexponent
siłaforce
gazgas
hipotezahypothesis
przyrządinstrument
laboratoriumlaboratory
światłolight
maszynamachine
masamass
średniamean
pomiarmeasurement
metalmetal
liczbanumber
organizmorganism
postępprogress
dowódproof
promieńray
opórresistance
naukascience
ciało stałesolid
gatunekspecies
prędkośćspeed
sprężynaspring
gwiazdastar
statystykastatistic
sumasum
technikatechnique
testowaćto test
ciężarweight

Level 2: medium 35 words

PolishEnglish
przyspieszenieacceleration
dodawanieaddition
pole powierzchniarea
atomatom
spalaniecombustion
krzywacurve
DNADNA
inżynieriaengineering
ułamekfraction
generatorgenerator
grawitacjagravity
wodórhydrogen
wynalazekinvention
laserlaser
macierzmatrix
mechanizmmechanism
cząsteczkamolecule
optykaoptics
tlenoxygen
patentpatent
prawdopodobieństwoprobability
prototypprototype
rakietarocket
próbkasample
satelitasatellite
czujniksensor
symulacjasimulation
widmospectrum
twierdzenietheorem
udowadniaćto demonstrate
projektowaćto design
odtwarzaćto replicate
zmiennavariable
falawave
długość faliwavelength

Level 3: hard 25 words

PolishEnglish
algebraalgebra
asteroidaasteroid
zlewkabeaker
biotechnologiabiotechnology
wrzenieboiling
okrągcircumference
skraplaniecondensation
rozszczepieniefission
tarciefriction
przekładniagear wheel
logarytmlogarithm
mikroskopmicroscope
nanotechnologiananotechnology
utlenianieoxidation
cząstkaparticle
układ okresowyperiodic table
pipetapipette
krążekpulley
załamanie światłarefraction
pierwiastek kwadratowysquare root
odejmowaniesubtraction
teleskoptelescope
probówkatest tube
transformatortransformer
nieważkośćweightlessness

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How many words are in this list?
This page gives 100 Polish words on “Science and technology”. The full topic holds 193 in the KoKo app: 77 at the easy level, 67 at the medium level and 49 at the hard level.
Which words should I start with?
With level 1: these are the easiest words of the topic. Move on to level 2 once they come to you without thinking, then to level 3.
How can I remember this Polish vocabulary?
By seeing each word again at longer and longer intervals, just before you forget it: that is spaced repetition. The KoKo app does it for you and tells you each day which words to review.
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