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ceraunics

ceraunics noun: the branch of physics that deals with heat and electricity.

Noun

ceraunics (uncountable)

  1. (dated, rare) The branch of physics that deals with heat and electricity.
    • We would propose the name of Ceraunics, for that branch of Natural Philosophy, which relates to the effects of heat and electricity; commonly associated in nature, and together forming one great division of science .1842, Roswell Park, Pantology: Or, A Systematic Survey of Human Knowledge

Origin of ceraunics

From Ancient Greek κεραυνός (keraunós, “thunderbolt”) + -ics.

Questions about ceraunics

What does ceraunics mean?
Ceraunics means the branch of physics that deals with heat and electricity.
What part of speech is ceraunics?
Ceraunics is a noun.

Words near ceraunics in the dictionary

  1. ceratrine
  2. Cerauneia
  3. Ceraunia
  4. Ceraunian Mountains
  5. ceraunic
  6. ceraunics
  7. ceraunite
  8. ceraunites
  9. cerauno-
  10. ceraunograph
  11. ceraunographs

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