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 |
measurement measuring measure mensuration | the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule, the measurements were carefully done, his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate |
mental measurement | a generic term used to cover any application of measurement techniques to the quantification of mental functions |
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 |
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 |
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 |
system of measurement metric | a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic |
unit of measurement unit | any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange, the dollar is the United States unit of currency, a unit of wheat is a bushel, change per unit volume |
work unit heat unit energy unit | a unit of measurement for work |
scale scale of measurement graduated table ordered series | an ordered reference standard, judging on a scale of to |
gauge standard of measurement | accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared |
energy vim vitality | a healthy capacity for vigorous activity, jogging works off my excess energy, he seemed full of vim and vigor |
constructive-metabolic energy-storing(a) | of or relating to anabolism |
destructive-metabolic energy-releasing(a) | of or relating to catabolism |
high-octane high-powered high-power high-voltage high-energy | vigorously energetic or forceful, a high-octane sales manager, a high-octane marketing plan, high-powered executives, a high-voltage theatrical entrepreneur |
endoergic energy-absorbing | (of a nuclear reaction) occurring with absorption of energy |
exoergic energy-releasing | (of a nuclear reaction) occurring with evolution or releasing of energy |
high-energy | providing a relatively large amount of energy upon undergoing a chemical reaction |