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 |
| cottage industry | small-scale industry that can be carried on at home by family members using their own equipment |
industry
manufacture | the organized action of making of goods and services for sale, American industry is making increased use of computers to control production |
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 |
diligence
industriousness
industry | persevering determination to perform a task, his diligence won him quick promotions, frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| industry | the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise, each industry has its own trade publications |
aluminum business
aluminum industry | manufacturers of aluminum considered as a group |
apparel industry
garment industry
fashion industry
fashion business
rag trade | makers and sellers of fashionable clothing |
banking industry
banking system | banks collectively |
| automobile industry | the manufacturers of automobiles considered collectively |
| chemical industry | the manufacturers of chemicals considered collectively |
| coal industry | the producers of coal considered collectively |
| computer industry | the manufacturers of computers considered collectively |
construction industry
housing industry | an industry that builds housing |
| electronics industry | the manufacturers of electronic products considered collectively |
entertainment industry
show business
show biz | those involved in providing entertainment: radio and television and films and theater |
film industry
movie industry | the entertainment industries involved in producing and distributing movies |
| growth industry | an industry that is growing rapidly |
| lighting industry | an industry devoted to manufacturing and selling and installing lighting |
munitions industry
arms industry | an industry that manufacturers weapons of war |
oil industry
refining industry
oil business | an industry that produces and delivers oil and oil products |
| plastics industry | an industry that manufactures plastic articles |
| market securities industry | the securities markets in the aggregate, the market always frustrates the small investor |
| service industry | an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects |
| shipbuilding industry | an industry that builds ships |
| shoe industry | an industry that manufactures and sells shoes |
| sign industry | an industry that produces signs |
| steel industry | the industry that makes steel and steel products |
| sunrise industry | a new industry that is expanding rapidly (especially telecommunications or electronics) |
| tobacco industry | an industry that manufactures and sells products containing tobacco |
toy industry
toy business | an industry that manufactures and sells toys for children |
| trucking industry | an industry that provides transportation for commercial products |
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 |
| industry analyst | an analyst of conditions affecting a particular industry |
| oil-industry analyst | an analyst of the oil industry |
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 |