Meaning of 'energy'
Meaning of 'energy' (Webster Dictionary)
- Internal or inherent power; capacity of acting, operating,
or producing an effect, whether exerted or not; as, men possessing
energies may suffer them to lie inactive.
- Power efficiently and forcibly exerted; vigorous or effectual operation; as, the energy of a magistrate.
- Strength of expression; force of utterance; power to impress the mind and arouse the feelings; life; spirit; -- said of speech, language, words, style; as, a style full of energy.
- Capacity for performing work.
- Power efficiently and forcibly exerted; vigorous or effectual operation; as, the energy of a magistrate.
- Strength of expression; force of utterance; power to impress the mind and arouse the feelings; life; spirit; -- said of speech, language, words, style; as, a style full of energy.
- Capacity for performing work.
Meaning of 'energy' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- (physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs
- (physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs
Example in sentence:
- energy can take a wide variety of forms
Meaning (2):
- enterprising or ambitious drive
- enterprising or ambitious drive
Example in sentence:
- Europeans often laugh at American energy
Meaning (3):
- forceful exertion
- forceful exertion
Example in sentence:
- he plays tennis with great energy;
- he's full of zip
Meaning (4):
- an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing)
- an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing)
Example in sentence:
- a remarkable muscularity of style;
- his writing conveys great energy
Meaning (5):
- a healthy capacity for vigorous activity
- a healthy capacity for vigorous activity
Example in sentence:
- he seemed full of vim and vigor;
- jogging works off my excess energy
Meaning (6):
- any source of usable power
- any source of usable power
Example in sentence:
- the DOE is responsible for maintaining the energy policy
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