economy saving | an act of economizing, reduction in cost, it was a small economy to walk to work every day, there was a saving ofcents |
economy of scale | the saving in cost of production that is due to mass production |
Secretary of Energy Energy Secretary | the position of the head of the Department of Energy, the post of Energy Secretary was created in |
token economy | a form of behavior therapy that has been used in some mental institutions, patients are rewarded with tokens for appropriate behavior and the tokens may be cashed in for valued rewards |
waste of effort waste of energy | a useless effort |
cabin class second class economy class | a class of accommodations on a ship or train or plane that are less expensive than first class accommodations |
hydrogen bomb H-bomb fusion bomb thermonuclear bomb | a nuclear weapon that releases atomic energy by union of light (hydrogen) nuclei at high temperatures to form helium |
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 |
economy thriftiness | frugality in the expenditure of money or resources, the Scots are famous for their economy |
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 |
hydrogen ion concentration | the number of moles of hydrogen ions per cubic decimeter |
economy | the efficient use of resources, economy of effort |
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 |
economics economic science political economy | the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management |
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 |
capitalism capitalist economy | an economic system based on private ownership of capital |
black economy | a hidden sector of the economy where private cash transactions go unreported, no one knows how large the black economy really is |
market economy free enterprise private enterprise laissez-faire economy | an economy that relies chiefly on market forces to allocate goods and resources and to determine prices |
mixed economy | an economic system that combines private and state enterprises |
non-market economy | an economy that is not a market economy |
socialism socialist economy | an economic system based on state ownership of capital |
economy economic system | the system of production and distribution and consumption |
managed economy | a non-market economy in which government intervention is important in allocating goods and resources and determining prices |
communist economy | the managed economy of a communist state |
psychic energy mental energy | an actuating force or factor |
libidinal energy | (psychoanalysis) psychic energy produced by the libido |
hydrogen ion | a positively charged atom of hydrogen, that is to say, a normal hydrogen atomic nucleus |
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 |
hydrogen bond | a chemical bond consisting of a hydrogen atom between two electronegative atoms (e.g., oxygen or nitrogen) with one side be a covalent bond and the other being an ionic bond |
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 |