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energy
[ en-er-jee ]
noun
- the capacity for vigorous activity; available power:
I eat chocolate to get quick energy.
- an adequate or abundant amount of such power:
I seem to have no energy these days.
- Often energies. a feeling of tension caused or seeming to be caused by an excess of such power:
to work off one's energies at tennis.
- an exertion of such power:
She plays tennis with great energy.
- the habit of vigorous activity; vigor as a characteristic:
Foreigners both admire and laugh at American energy.
- the ability to act, lead others, effect, etc., forcefully.
- forcefulness of expression:
a writing style abounding with energy.
- Physics. the capacity to do work; the property of a system that diminishes when the system does work on any other system, by an amount equal to the work so done; potential energy. : E
- any source of usable power, as fossil fuel, electricity, or solar radiation.
energy
/ ˈɛnədʒɪ /
noun
- intensity or vitality of action or expression; forcefulness
- capacity or tendency for intense activity; vigour
- vigorous or intense action; exertion
- physics
- the capacity of a body or system to do work
- a measure of this capacity, expressed as the work that it does in changing to some specified reference state. It is measured in joules (SI units) E
- a source of power See also kinetic energy potential energy
energy
/ ĕn′ər-jē /
- The capacity or power to do work, such as the capacity to move an object (of a given mass) by the application of force. Energy can exist in a variety of forms, such as electrical, mechanical, chemical, thermal, or nuclear, and can be transformed from one form to another. It is measured by the amount of work done, usually in joules or watts.
- See also conservation of energyCompare power
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Other Words From
- hy·per·en·er·gy noun
- self-en·er·gy noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of energy1
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Example Sentences
I think a lot of it has to do with the attitude and the energy behind it and the honesty.
Total oil production figures include crude oil, natural gas liquids, and other liquid energy products.
The energy economy has always been a fixture of Texas life, and that has not changed.
Day by day, it drives people to distraction by diverting energy to mindless legal compliance.
Chickens require significantly less land, water, and energy than all other meat options except farmed salmon.
This is the first and principal point at which we can stanch the wastage of teaching energy that now goes on.
Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
This may be done by taking the humming tone and bringing to bear upon it a strong pressure of energy.
It was, of course, the suppressed emotional energy finding another outlet.
She was putting her papers tidy again with calm fingers, while his own were almost cramped with the energy of suppressed desire.
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