Energy \En"er*gy\, n.; pl. Energies. [F. ['e]nergie, LL.
energia, fr. Gr.?, fr. ? active; ? in + ? work. See In, and
Work.]
1. 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.
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The great energies of nature are known to us only by
their effects. --Paley.
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2. Power efficiently and forcibly exerted; vigorous or
effectual operation; as, the energy of a magistrate.
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3. 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.
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4. (Physics) Capacity for performing work.
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Note: The kinetic energy of a body is the energy it has in
virtue of being in motion. It is measured by one half
of the product of the mass of each element of the body
multiplied by the square of the velocity of the
element, relative to some given body or point. The
available kinetic energy of a material system
unconnected with any other system is that energy which
is due to the motions of the parts of the system
relative to its center of mass. The potential energy of
a body or system is that energy which is not kinetic;
-- energy due to configuration. Kinetic energy is
sometimes called actual energy. Kinetic energy is
exemplified in the vis viva of moving bodies, in heat,
electric currents, etc.; potential energy, in a bent
spring, or a body suspended a given distance above the
earth and acted on by gravity.
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Accumulation, Conservation, Correlation, & Degradation
of energy, etc. (Physics) See under Accumulation,
Conservation, Correlation, etc.
Syn: Force; power; potency; vigor; strength; spirit;
efficiency; resolution.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
energy
n 1: (physics) the capacity of a physical system to do work; the
units of energy are joules or ergs; "energy can take a
wide variety of forms"
2: an exertion of force; "he plays tennis with great energy"
[syn: vigor, vigour]
3: enterprising or ambitious drive; "Europeans often laugh at
American energy" [syn: push, get-up-and-go]
4: an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing);
"his writing conveys great energy" [syn: vigor, vigour,
vim]
5: a healthy capacity for vigorous activity; "jogging works off
my excess energy"; "he seemed full of vim and vigor" [syn:
vim, vitality]
6: the federal department responsible for maintaining a
national energy policy of the United States; created in
1977 [syn: Department of Energy, Energy Department, DOE]
WordNet (r) 2.0
148 Moby Thesaurus words for "energy":
activity, amperage, animation, application, ardor, armipotence,
assiduity, assiduousness, authority, beef, birr, black power,
breeziness, briskness, brute force, bubbliness, charge, charisma,
clout, cogence, cogency, compulsion, concentration, dash,
decisiveness, determination, diligence, dint, drive, duress,
dynamism, ebullience, effect, effectiveness, effectuality,
effervescence, efficacy, effort, elan, elbow grease, endeavor,
endurance, energeticalness, exertion, fervor, flower power, force,
force majeure, forcefulness, fortitude, full blast, full force,
get-up-and-go, go, guts, gutsiness, hard pull, hardihood,
hardiness, heartiness, indefatigability, industriousness, industry,
influence, intensity, intestinal fortitude, laboriousness, life,
liveliness, long pull, lustihood, lustiness, main force,
main strength, mana, might, might and main, mightiness, moxie,
muscle, muscle power, nerve and sinew, obstinacy, pains, pep,
peppiness, piss and vinegar, pizzazz, poop, potence, potency,
potentiality, power, power pack, power structure, power struggle,
powerfulness, prepotency, productiveness, productivity, puissance,
pull, punch, push, relentlessness, robustness, ruggedness,
sedulity, sedulousness, sinew, spirit, spiritedness, sprightliness,
stalwartness, stamina, staying power, steam, sticking power,
stoutness, strength, strength of will, strenuousness, strong arm,
sturdiness, superiority, superpower, tirelessness, toughness,
trouble, tuck, unsparingness, validity, vehemence, verve, vigor,
vigorousness, vim, virility, virtue, virulence, vitality,
vivaciousness, vivacity, wattage, weight, zealousness, zing, zip
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Energy, IL (village, FIPS 24166)
Location: 37.77537 N, 89.02575 W
Population (1990): 1106 (408 housing units)
Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Energy, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000): 1175
Housing Units (2000): 519
Land area (2000): 1.185826 sq. miles (3.071276 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.008844 sq. miles (0.022907 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.194670 sq. miles (3.094183 sq. km)
FIPS code: 24166
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 37.772398 N, 89.025519 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Energy, IL
Energy
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
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