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thermotic, a.|θɜːˈmɒtɪk|
[f. Gr. θερµωτικός (Plutarch Q. Conv. 715 C) warming, calorific: used in modified sense to match acoustic, optic, etc.]
Of or pertaining to heat; esp. relating to thermotics. So therˈmotical a., in same sense (hence therˈmotically adv.); therˈmotics n. pl., the science of heat, thermology.
1831W. Whewell Let. 18 Sept. in I. Todhunter William Whewell (1876) II. 132 It is very true that we very much want a name for the part of science which treats of light..also..that which treats of Heat... [In my MSS.] I have called one Photistics and the other Thermotics. 1837― Hist. Induct. Sc. viii. Introd. II. 293 Acoustics, Optics, and Thermotics. Ibid. x. Introd. 465, I employ the term Thermotics, to include all the doctrines respecting Heat. Ibid. x. i. §4. 481 They require the light of thermotical calculations. 1858Buckle Civiliz. (1869) II. vii. 362 Fourier..employed himself in raising thermotics to a science. 1874tr. Lommel's Light 201 In the spectrum of a flint-glass prism the apex of the thermotic curve is situated outside the apparent spectrum in the ultra-red region. 1879S. Highley in Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 234/1 Optical, acoustic, and thermotic demonstrations in the lecture-room. 1895Funk's Stand. Dict., Thermotically. |