energetics

energetics
The study of the energy changes involved in physical and chemical reactions and in overall systems.

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en·er·get·ics -iks n pl but sing in constr
1) a branch of physics that deals primarily with energy and its transformations
2) the total energy relations and transformations of a physical, chemical, or biological system <\energetics of muscular contraction>

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en·er·get·ics (en″ər-jetґiks) the study of energy; the science of energy.

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