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energy
has definitions from the fields of government,physics,medicine
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[ noun ] (physics) the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs
Examples "energy can take a wide variety of forms" Used in print (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)Modern physics has developed the theory that all matter consists_of minute waves of energy . (Raymond C. Binder et al., editors, Proceedings...)Thus , the energy transferred from the arc to the anode was partly fed back into the arc . It was shown that by proper anode design the net energy loss of the arc to the anode could be reduced to approximately 15 % of the total arc energy A detailed energy balance of the anode was established . It was shown that by proper anode design the net energy loss of the arc to the anode could be reduced to approximately 15 % of the total arc energy A detailed energy balance of the anode was established . It was shown that by proper anode design the net energy loss of the arc to the anode could be reduced to approximately 15 % of the total arc energy A detailed energy balance of the anode was established . |
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[ noun ] an exertion of force
Examples "he plays tennis with great energy" Used in print (Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)Man has the experience of being helpfully allied_with what he cannot fully understand ; he is a coordinate part of all_of the mysterious energy and being and movement . The feeling of individual inferiority , defeat , or humilation growing out of various social situations or individual deficiencies or failures is compensated for by communion in worship or prayer with a friendly , but all-victorious Father-God , as_well as by sympathetic fellowship with others who share this faith , and by opportunities in religious acts for giving_vent to emotions and energies . The great ultimate ends of religion have served as magnificent beacon_lights that lured people toward them with an almost irresistible force , mobilizing energies and inducing sacrifices ; for_example , the Crusades , mission efforts , just wars . Related terms |
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[ noun ] enterprising or ambitious drive
Synonyms Examples "Europeans often laugh at American energy" Used in print (Christopher Davis, First Family....)It required an energy he no_longer possessed to be satirical about his father . (Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)When carving he was charged with spontaneous energy ; too_careful or detailed studies in clay and wax would have glued him down to a mere enlarging of his model . Related terms |
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[ noun ] an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing)
Examples "his writing conveys great energy" Used in print (Christopher Davis, First Family....)His energy was gone . (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)His energy was prodigious ; sometimes he would be up before dawn , clad as a garbage_collector and hurling pails into areaways to exasperate us , and thereafter would hurry to the Bronx_Zoo to grimace at the lions and press cigar_butts against their paws . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (government) the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977
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