energetics

[ en-er-jet-iks ]

/ ˌɛn ərˈdʒɛt ɪks /

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noun (used with a singular verb)

the branch of physics that deals with energy.

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Origin of energetics

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

OTHER WORDS FROM energetics

en·er·get·i·cist, nounen·er·ge·tis·tic

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

Words nearby energetics

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

How to use energetics in a sentence

Energetics took its rise as an outcome of the discovery of the principle of the conservation of energy.
The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method|Henri Poincar
A book full of the energetics of a master workman is just what every young man cares for.
Acres of Diamonds|Russell H. Conwell
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
It was by the study of heat, and more especially of thermodynamics, that we obtained our conceptions of the science of energetics.
The Mechanism of Life|Stphane Leduc

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

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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