Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the branch of chemistry that studies the relation between chemical action and the amount of heat absorbed or generated;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Thermochemistry \Ther`mo*chem"is*try\, n. [Thermo- + chemistry.]
That branch of chemical science which includes the
investigation of the various relations existing between
chemical action and that manifestation of force termed heat,
or the determination of the heat evolved by, or employed in,
chemical actions.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
thermochemistry
n 1: the branch of chemistry that studies the relation between
chemical action and the amount of heat absorbed or
generated