ceraunics

English

Etymology

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

Noun

ceraunics (uncountable)

1. (dated, rare, physics) The branch of physics that deals with heat and electricity.
   • 1842, Roswell Park, Pantology: Or, A Systematic Survey of Human Knowledge:

     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 .

References

• “ceraunics”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.