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energetics

American

[en-er-jet-iks] / ˌɛn ərˈdʒɛt ɪks /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

the branch of physics that deals with energy.

energetics British

/ ˌɛnəˈdʒɛtɪks /

noun

(functioning as singular) the branch of science concerned with energy and its transformations

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Origin of energetics

First recorded in 1850–55; see origin at energetic, -ics

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energetics

The Trump administration proposed spending almost $50 billion to develop domestic sources of critical minerals, chemicals and energetics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

In a speech on Wednesday, Healey will confirm plans to restart the production of energetics - explosives, pyrotechnics and propellants - in the UK.

From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2025

This device leveraged microfluidics to examine sperm flagellar waveform and energetics in response to changes in flow and viscosity.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2023

"This relatively modest investment for energetics is a meaningful and important initiative," said Tom Karako, a weapons expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

From Reuters ● Aug. 2, 2023

He may justly be considered the founder of modern energetics.

From The New Physics and Its Evolution by Lucien Poincaré

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