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The study of chemical systems using the laws and concepts of physics. This usually requires the techniques of thermodynamics, statistical mechanics and quantum mechanics.

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Does "higher symmetry" mean any symmetry group of higher order?

What is the precise definition of a higher symmetry in group theory? I see this term scattered around, such as in Cotton's Chemical Applications of Group Theory: ...In the cyclic groups each of th …
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