See Also: energetics(medicine)
energetics(dictionary)

precinct (oh) and energetics (iou)


precinct (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Medieval Latin; Origin: praecinctum, from Latin praecingere 'to put a belt around']
[C] shopping/pedestrian precinct
BrE an area of a town where people can walk and shop, and where cars are not allowed
[C] AmE one of the areas that a town or city is divided into, so that elections or police work can be organized more easily
[C] AmE the main police station in a particular area of a town or city
precincts [plural] the area that surrounds an important building
::the precincts of the cathedral

energetics (iou)



energetics noun. M19.
[from ENERGETIC: see -ICS.]
The branch of science that deals with energy. M19.
The properties of a system as they concern its energy and its energy flows and changes. L19.
Nature Marsupials..have acquired mammalian-type energetics.