Definitions for energy

Definitions for (noun) energy

Main entry: muscularity, energy, vigor, vigour, vim

Definition: an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing)

Usage: his writing conveys great energy; a remarkable muscularity of style


Main entry: energy, get-up-and-go, push

Definition: enterprising or ambitious drive

Usage: Europeans often laugh at American energy


Main entry: vigor, vigour, zip, energy

Definition: forceful exertion

Usage: he plays tennis with great energy; he's full of zip


Main entry: Department of Energy, DOE, Energy, Energy Department

Definition: the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977


Main entry: energy

Definition: any source of usable power

Usage: the DOE is responsible for maintaining the energy policy


Main entry: energy, free energy

Definition: (physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs

Usage: energy can take a wide variety of forms


Main entry: vim, vitality, energy

Definition: a healthy capacity for vigorous activity

Usage: jogging works off my excess energy; he seemed full of vim and vigor


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