Definition of "thermotics" in Englisch

noun

1. (archaic) The 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.

2. (archaic) thermodynamics