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1816), thermetrograph (ther-metro-gråf), n. as thermometrograph. Same thermic (ther'mik), a. [= F. thermique, thermically (ther'mi-kal-i), adv. In relation to or as affected by heat; in a thermic manner. [Rare.] IMG:content-0246.png:[blocks in formation] n. Thermidor (ther-mi-dôr'; F. pron. ter-me-dôr'), [ thermo-aqueous (thermō-ā'kwē-us), a. [ action. 6282 The mechanical equivalent of heat-the familiar "J" of thermodynamicists. The Academy , Oct. 26, 1889, p. 273. thermodynamics (thermo-di-nam'iks), n. [Pl. of thermodynamic (see- ics ).] The general mathematical doctrine of the relations of heat and elasticity, or of temperature, volume, pre ure, and mechanical work. The consideration of moving forces, though suggested by the form of the word, does not enter into the subject to any considerable extent. Thermodynamics. In a strict interpretation, this branch of science, sometimes called the Dynamical Theory of Heat, deals with the relations between heat and work, though it is often extended so as to include all transformations of energy. Either term is an infelicitous one, for there is no direct reference to force in the majority of questions dealt with in the subject. Tait, Encyc. Brit., XXIII. 283.