spread
spreading | act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time |
| spread eagle | a skating figure executed with the skates heel to heel in a straight line |
Secretary of Energy
Energy Secretary | the position of the head of the Department of Energy, the post of Energy Secretary was created in |
waste of effort
waste of energy | a useless effort |
bedspread
bedcover
bed cover
bed covering
counterpane
spread | decorative cover for a bed |
ranch
spread cattle ranch
cattle farm | farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle) |
wind farm
wind park
wind energy facility | a power plant that uses wind turbines to generate electricity |
| energy muscularity vigor vigour vim | an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing), his writing conveys great energy, a remarkable muscularity of style |
gap
spread | a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures, gap between income and outgo, the spread between lending and borrowing costs |
energy push
get-up-and-go | enterprising or ambitious drive, Europeans often laugh at American energy |
| mass energy | (physics) the mass of a body regarded relativistically as energy |
energy
vigor vigour zip | forceful exertion, he plays tennis with great energy, he's full of zip |
scatter
spread | a haphazard distribution in all directions |
| spread | the expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age), she exercised to avoid that middle-aged spread |
| mass-energy equivalence | (physics) the principle that a measured quantity of mass is equivalent (according to relativity theory) to a measured quantity of energy |
particle physics
high-energy physics
high energy physics | the branch of physics that studies subatomic particles and their interactions |
conservation of energy
law of conservation of energy
first law of thermodynamics | the fundamental principle of physics that the total energy of an isolated system is constant despite internal changes |
spread
spread head
spreadhead
facing pages | two facing pages of a book or other publication |
center spread
centre spread | the spread at the center of a magazine |
| spread eagle | an emblem (an eagle with wings and legs spread) on the obverse of the Great Seal of the United States |
spread
spreading | process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space |
banquet
feast
spread | a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed, a banquet for the graduating seniors, the Thanksgiving feast, they put out quite a spread |
spread
paste | a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes |
| cheese spread | spread made of cheese mixed with butter or cream or cream cheese and seasonings |
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC | a former executive agency (from to ) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States |
Department of Energy
Energy Department
Energy
DOE | the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States, created in |
Department of Energy Intelligence
DOEI | an agency that collects political and economic and technical information about energy matters and makes the Department of Energy's technical and analytical expertise available to other members of the Intelligence Community |
International Atomic Energy Agency
IAEA | the United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy |
psychic energy
mental energy | an actuating force or factor |
| libidinal energy | (psychoanalysis) psychic energy produced by the libido |
Secretary of Energy
Energy Secretary | the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Energy, the first Secretary of Energy was James R. Schlesinger who was appointed by Carter |
activation energy
energy of activation | the energy that an atomic system must acquire before a process (such as an emission or reaction) can occur, catalysts are said to reduce the energy of activation during the transition phase of a reaction |
| alternative energy | energy derived from sources that do not use up natural resources or harm the environment |
atomic energy
nuclear energy | the energy released by a nuclear reaction |
binding energy
separation energy | the energy required to separate particles from a molecule or atom or nucleus, equals the mass defect |
| chemical energy | that part of the energy in a substance that can be released by a chemical reaction |
elastic energy
elastic potential energy | potential energy that is stored when a body is deformed (as in a coiled spring) |
| electricity electrical energy | energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor, they built a car that runs on electricity |
| energy | any source of usable power, the DOE is responsible for maintaining the energy policy |
energy
free energy | (physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to 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 |
energy level
energy state | a definite stable energy that a physical system can have, used especially of the state of electrons in atoms or molecules, according to quantum theory only certain energy levels are possible |
| rest energy | the energy equivalent to the mass of a particle at rest in an inertial frame of reference, equal to the rest mass times the square of the speed of light |
heat
heat energy | a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature |
| geothermal energy | energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth |
kinetic energy
K.E. | the mechanical energy that a body has by virtue of its motion |
| luminous energy | the energy associated with visible light |
| mechanical energy | energy in a mechanical form |
potential energy
P.E. | the mechanical energy that a body has by virtue of its position, stored energy |
| radiant energy | energy that is transmitted in the form of (electromagnetic) radiation, energy that exists in the absence of matter |
solar energy
solar power | energy from the sun that is converted into thermal or electrical energy, the amount of energy falling on the earth is given by the solar constant, but very little use has been made of solar energy |