energetics

[ en-er-jet-iks ]

/ ˌɛn ərˈdʒɛt ɪks /

noun (used with a singular verb)

the branch of physics that deals with energy.

Nearby words

enema, enemy, enemy alien, eneolithic, energetic, energetics, energid, energism, energize, energizer, energumen

Origin of energetics

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

Related formsen·er·get·i·cist, nounen·er·ge·tis·tic

[en-er-ji-tis-tik] /ˌɛn ər dʒɪˈtɪs tɪk/, adjective

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Examples from the Web for energetics

An intermediate position in this respect is taken by the sciences which were indicated above as parts of energetics.
International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I|Various
These phenomena are, however, only particular cases of the general law of energetics that transformation requires a stimulus.
The Mechanism of Life|Stphane Leduc
It is a case in which the simple doctrine of energetics becomes inadequate before the limit is reached.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3|Various
We must therefore add a third to the two laws of energetics, Mayer's law of conservation, and Carnot's law of fall of potential.
The Mechanism of Life|Stphane Leduc

Its action really reveals one of the vital working principles of energetics.
The Energy System of Matter|James Weir

British Dictionary definitions for energetics

energetics

/ (ˌɛnəˈdʒɛtɪks) /

noun

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

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energetics

noun (used with a singular verb)

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Origin of energetics

Examples from the Web for energetics

British Dictionary definitions for energetics

energetics

noun