energy
(physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,213 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,918 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- (physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs also: free energy energy can take a wide variety of forms
- forceful exertion also: vigor, vigour, zip he plays tennis with great energyhe's full of zip
- enterprising or ambitious drive also: push, get-up-and-go Europeans often laugh at American energy
- an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing) also: muscularity, vigor, vigour, vim his writing conveys great energya remarkable muscularity of style
- a healthy capacity for vigorous activity also: vim, vitality jogging works off my excess energyhe seemed full of vim and vigor
- any source of usable power the DOE is responsible for maintaining the energy policy
energy in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The very excess of her fright restored to Mme. Favoral a portion of her energy.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Although the restless energy continues, the mixed race in America has certainly changed physically for the better.
The Novel and the Common School · Charles Dudley Warner · Chapter 1
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But I had not sufficient energy to resist the good will which rather unceremoniously handed me in.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement — No. 271 · Various · Chapter 1
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Our own success is due to our indomitable energy and other deserving traits; that of others largely to blind luck.
Crankisms · Lisle de Vaux Matthewman · Chapter 1
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Round about fifty he might have been--a clean-shaved, active chap, five feet three inches high, and always bursting with energy.
The Torch and Other Tales · Eden Phillpotts · Chapter 1