Energetics

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Energetics \En`er*get"ics\, n.
     That branch of science which treats of the laws governing the
     physical or mechanical, in distinction from the vital,
     forces, and which comprehends the consideration and general
     investigation of the whole range of the forces concerned in
     physical phenomena. [R.] Energic