thermologyn.
/θəːˈmɒlədʒi/ The science of heat; that department of physics which treats of heat; thermotics.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [noun] > science of heat or fire
thermotics1831
pyrosophy1832
thermology1838
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > heat > [noun] > science or study of
pyrology1731
thermotics1831
thermology1838
thermal analysis1925
1838 tr. A. Comte in Edinb. Rev. July 284 It remained only [for Comte]..to tack to Hydrodynamics the sciences of Magnetism, Electricity, Galvanism and Thermology.
1840 W. Whewell Philos. Inductive Sci. I. p. lxxii The science which treats of heat has hitherto had no special designation... M. Le Comte terms it Thermology (i.e. the science of heat). In the History of the Sciences, I have named it Thermotics.
1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic I. ii. iv. §5 288 Thus mechanics, hydrostatics, optics, acoustics, and thermology, have successively been rendered mathematical.
1858 H. Spencer Ess. 1st Ser. 215 Thus acoustics was arrested until thermology overtook and aided it.
Derivatives
thermoˈlogical adj. of or pertaining to thermology.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > heat > [adjective] > science
thermotical1837
thermological1838
pyrological1871
thermotic1874
thermophysical1957
1838 tr. A. Comte in Edinb. Rev. July 282 The most important and precise laws of thermological phenomena are developed without the slightest enquiry into the intimate nature of heat.
1871 R. A. Proctor Sun iv. 193 So high an authority in meteorological and thermological questions.
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