Definition of Energetics

1. n. That branch of science which treats of the laws governing the physical or mechanical, in distinction from the vital, forces, and which comprehends the consideration and general investigation of the whole range of the forces concerned in physical phenomena.

Definition of Energetics

1. Noun. (physics) The branch of physics that studies the flow and transformation of energy ¹

2. Noun. The flow and transformation of energy within a specific system or device ¹

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Definition of Energetics

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Medical Definition of Energetics

1. That branch of science which treats of the laws governing the physical or mechanical, in distinction from the vital, forces, and which comprehends the consideration and general investigation of the whole range of the forces concerned in physical phenomena. (03 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Energetics

enediynes
enema
enemas
enemata
enemator
enemie
enemies
enemy
enemy combatant
enemy combatants
enepidermic
energetic
energetical
energetically
energetick
energetics (current term)
energic
energid
energids
energies
energise
energised
energiser
energisers
energises
energising
energization
energizations
energize
energized

Literary usage of Energetics

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Principles of General Physiology by William Maddock Bayliss (1920)
"CHAPTER II energetics THK most striking characteristic of living organisms ... LAWS OF energetics There are two great laws dealing with changes of energy, ..."

2. The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science by Henri Poincaré (1913)
"The difficulties inherent in the classic mechanics have led certain minds to prefer a new system they call energetics. energetics took its rise as an ..."

3. A Manual of the Steam-engine: For Engineers and Technical Schools; Advanced by Robert Henry Thurston (1891)
"But the science of energetics itself is but one division of a ... energetics is defined as that science which treats of all natural phenomena which, ..."

4. A Manual of the Steam Engine: For Engineers and Technical Schools; Advanced by Robert Henry Thurston (1900)
"energetics, which treats of modifications of energy under the action of forces, ... energetics and Thermodynamics are the broader and the narrower codes of ..."

5. The Science and Philosophy of the Organism: The Gifford Lectures Delivered by Hans Driesch (1908)
"ENTELECHY AND THE " PRINCIPLE OF BECOMING " The study of the second principle of energetics is to be our next problem. It will bring us to the intimate ..."

6. A Manual of Steam-boilers: Their Design, Construction, and Operation by Robert Henry Thurston (1901)
"energetics treats of modifications of energy under the action of forces, ... The science of energetics is simply a wider generalization of principles which ..."

7. The General Principles of Physical Science: An Introduction to the Study of by Arthur Amos Noyes (1902)
"The Law of the Conservation of Energy, or the First Law of energetics. — The essential idea involved in the concept of energy and throughout the above ..."

8. The General Principles of Physical Science: An Introduction to the Study of by Arthur Amos Noyes (1902)
"This statement is called the Law of the Conservation of Energy or the First Law of energetics, the name energetics being applied to that branch of science ..."

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