Russian vocabulary: science and technology
Experiment, energy, machine, research: the words of science and technology in Russian.
Here are 100 Russian words on “Science and technology”, translated into English and sorted from easiest to hardest.
Level 1: easy 38 words
| Russian | English |
|---|---|
| кислота | acid |
| анализ | analysis |
| ток | current |
| деление | division |
| ДНК | DNA |
| элемент | element |
| эксперимент | experiment |
| формула | formula |
| теплота | heat |
| инновация | innovation |
| лаборатория | laboratory |
| жидкость | liquid |
| масса | mass |
| смесь | mixture |
| модель | model |
| луна | moon |
| наблюдение | observation |
| процент | percentage |
| прогресс | progress |
| доказательство | proof |
| исследования | research |
| исследователь | researcher |
| сопротивление | resistance |
| наука | science |
| научный метод | scientific method |
| твёрдое тело | solid |
| скорость | speed |
| звезда | star |
| статистика | statistic |
| сумма | sum |
| техника | technique |
| теория | theory |
| открывать | to discover |
| измерять | to measure |
| доказывать | to prove |
| тестировать | to test |
| волна | wave |
| вес | weight |
Level 2: medium 38 words
| Russian | English |
|---|---|
| ускорение | acceleration |
| сложение | addition |
| космонавт | astronaut |
| вычисление | calculation |
| горение | combustion |
| проводник | conducting material |
| кривая | curve |
| инженерное дело | engineering |
| окаменелость | fossil |
| генератор | generator |
| график | graph |
| гравитация | gravity |
| водород | hydrogen |
| изобретение | invention |
| лазер | laser |
| погрешность | margin of error |
| молекула | molecule |
| азот | nitrogen |
| ядро | nucleus |
| орбита | orbit |
| организм | organism |
| частица | particle |
| периметр | perimeter |
| периодическая таблица | periodic table |
| протокол | protocol |
| прямой угол | right angle |
| ракета | rocket |
| образец | sample |
| симуляция | simulation |
| спектр | spectrum |
| пружина | spring |
| теорема | theorem |
| анализировать | to analyse |
| вычислять | to calculate |
| проектировать | to design |
| формулировать | to formulate |
| переменная | variable |
| длина волны | wavelength |
Level 3: hard 24 words
| Russian | English |
|---|---|
| аксиома | axiom |
| кипение | boiling |
| хромосома | chromosome |
| клонирование | cloning |
| соединение | compound |
| константа | constant |
| координата | coordinate |
| деление ядра | fission |
| изотоп | isotope |
| лупа | magnifying glass |
| микроб | microbe |
| нанотехнология | nanotechnology |
| окисление | oxidation |
| фотосинтез | photosynthesis |
| поршень | piston |
| протон | proton |
| радиоактивность | radioactivity |
| полупроводник | semiconductor |
| пробирка | test tube |
| термодинамика | thermodynamics |
| патентовать | to patent |
| опровергать | to refute |
| турбина | turbine |
| невесомость | weightlessness |
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Frequently asked questions
- How many words are in this list?
- This page gives 100 Russian words on “Science and technology”. The full topic holds 193 in the KoKo app: 72 at the easy level, 74 at the medium level and 47 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 Russian 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.
- Can I print this list or save it as a PDF?
- Yes. The “Print the list” button at the top of the page opens your device’s print dialog: choose to save as PDF to keep the 100 words and their translation, with nothing else around them.
These lists come from KoKo, the app to learn Russian vocabulary on iPhone.
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