n. | 1. | Internal or inherent power; capacity of acting, operating, or producing an effect, whether exerted or not; | |||
2. | Power efficiently and forcibly exerted; vigorous or effectual operation; | ||||
3. | Strength of expression; force of utterance; power to impress the mind and arouse the feelings; life; spirit; - said of speech, language, words, style; | ||||
4. | (Physics) Capacity for performing work.
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Noun | 1. | energy - (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. | energy - an exertion of force; "he plays tennis with great energy" | |
3. | energy - enterprising or ambitious drive; "Europeans often laugh at American energy" Synonyms: get-up-and-go, push | |
4. | energy - an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing); "his writing conveys great energy" | |
5. | energy - a healthy capacity for vigorous activity; "jogging works off my excess energy"; "he seemed full of vim and vigor" | |
6. | Energy - the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977 |