thermotics

[复]n.[用作单][物]热学

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The branch of physics that deals with the science of heat.

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    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.

  2. 2.

    thermodynamics

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词源

Coined by William Whewell, 1831, along with photistics. See thermo-.

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