Meanings
- archaicuncountableThe branch of physics that deals with the science of heat.
1837, William Whewell, History of the Inductive Sciences, p.465, London: J.W. Parker, 1837. I employ the term Thermotics, to include all the doctrines respecting heat, which have hitherto been established on proper scientific grounds.
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Electricity seems destined to annex the whole field, not merely of optics, but probably also of thermotics.
1895, James W. Steele, Steam Steel and Electricity, Kessinger Publishing, published 2004, →ISBN, page 59Today, a large amount of scientific knowledge must be produced to design new products, not only in sectors such as pharmaceuticals but also in aeronautics and in seemingly more traditional disciplines such as thermotics.
2010, Pascal Le Masson, Benoît Weil, Armand Hatchuel, Strategic Management of Innovation and Design, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 62 - archaicuncountablethermodynamics
Origin
Coined by William Whewell, 1831, along with photistics. See thermo-.
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