loss | the act of losing someone or something, everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock |
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 |
positron emission tomography PET | using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain) |
emission emanation | the act of emitting, causing to flow forth |
drawing card loss leader leader | a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers |
field-emission microscope | electron microscope used to observe the surface structure of a solid |
positron emission tomography scanner PET scanner | a tomograph that produces cross-sectional Xays of metabolic processes in the body |
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 |
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 |
loss deprivation | the disadvantage that results from losing something, his loss of credibility led to his resignation, losing him is no great deprivation |
amnesia memory loss blackout | partial or total loss of memory, he has a total blackout for events of the evening |
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 |
stop order stop-loss order | an order to a broker to sell (buy) when the price of a security falls (rises) to a designated level |
loss | the experience of losing a loved one, he sympathized on the loss of their grandfather |
passing loss departure exit expiration going release | euphemistic expressions for death, thousands mourned his passing |
personnel casualty loss | military personnel lost by death or capture |
emission | the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe) |
loss of consciousness | the occurrence of a loss of the ability to perceive and respond |
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 |
emission spectrum | spectrum of electromagnetic radiation emitted by a self-luminous source |
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 |
infrared infrared light infrared radiation infrared emission | electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths longer than visible light but shorter than radio waves |
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 |