thermoticsEtymologyCoined by William Whewell, 1831, along with photistics. See thermo-.thermotics means the branch of physics that deals with the science of heat. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.nounThe 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.”thermodynamics