Dictionary
en•er•gy
Pronunciation: (en'ur-jē), [key]—
n.,
—pl. -gies.
1. the capacity for vigorous activity; available power:
I eat chocolate to get quick energy.
2. an adequate or abundant amount of such power:
I seem to have no energy these days.
3. 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.
4. an exertion of such power:
She plays tennis with great energy.
5. the habit of vigorous activity; vigor as a characteristic:
Foreigners both admire and laugh at American energy.
6. the ability to act, lead others, effect, etc., forcefully.
7. forcefulness of expression:
a writing style abounding with energy.
8. 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.
Symbol: E
9. any source of usable power, as fossil fuel, electricity, or solar radiation.
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