noun
- 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"
- synonyms: free energy
- Forceful exertion.
- usage: "he plays tennis with great energy"; "he's full of zip"
- Enterprising or ambitious drive.
- usage: "Europeans often laugh at American energy"
- synonyms: push, get-up-and-go
- An imaginative lively style (especially style of writing. )
- usage: "his writing conveys great energy"; "a remarkable muscularity of style"
- synonyms: muscularity, vigor, vigour, vim
- A healthy capacity for vigorous activity.
- usage: "jogging works off my excess energy"; "he seemed full of vim and vigor"
- Any source of usable power.
- usage: "the DOE is responsible for maintaining the energy policy"
- The federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977.
- synonyms: Department of Energy, Energy Department, DOE
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