energetics

[ en-er-jet-iks ]

noun(used with a singular verb)
  1. the branch of physics that deals with energy.

Origin of energetics

1
First recorded in 1850–55; see origin at energetic, -ics

Other words from energetics

  • en·er·get·i·cist, noun
  • en·er·ge·tis·tic [en-er-ji-tis-tik], /ˌɛn ər dʒɪˈtɪs tɪk/, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for energetics

energetics

/ (ˌɛnəˈdʒɛtɪks) /


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

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