energy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛnəd͡ʒi/
ipa: /ˈɛnəɹd͡ʒi/
note: Indic
ipa: /əˈnə(ɾ)dʒi/
rhymes: -ɛnə(ɹ)d͡ʒi
Forms: form: energies
Etymology: From Middle French énergie, from Late Latin energia, from Ancient Greek ἐνέργεια (enérgeia, “activity”), from ἐνεργός (energós, “active”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”). The sense in physics was coined by English polymath Thomas Young in 1802 in his lectures on Natural Philosophy.
Senses: examples: text: A “moving platform” scheme[…]is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails.[…]This set-up solves several problems […]. Stopping high-speed trains wastes energy and time, so why not simply slow them down enough for a moving platform to pull alongside?
ref: 2013 June 1, “Ideas coming down the track”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 13 (Technology Quarterly):
glosses: The impetus behind all motion and all activity.
examples: text: There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.[…]Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place.
ref: 1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC:
text: McGrath, the manager of Somewhere/Else, told GCN that the long hours she has put in since she has become the bar's manager have left her drained of the energy required to undertake a rebuilding effort.
ref: 1983 December 17, Christine Guilfoy, “Women's Bar, Mens Baths Destroyed By Fire”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 22, page 17:
synonyms: pep
vigor
vim
vitality
glosses: The capacity to do work.
examples: text: SI: joule (J), kilowatt-hour (kW·h)
CGS: erg (erg)
Customary: foot-pound-force, calorie, kilocalorie (i.e. dietary calories), BTU, liter-atmosphere, ton of TNT
ref: Units
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A quantity that denotes the ability to do work and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance²/time² (ML²/T²) or the equivalent.
examples: text: Reiki, much like prayer, is a personal exercise that can easily convert negative energy into positive energy.
ref: 2004, Phylameana L. Desy, The Everything Reiki Book, Body, Mind & Spirit, p.130
text: Negative feelings can be worked through and their energy converted into positive energy[…]. In crisis, normal patterns of self-organization fail, resulting in anxiety (negative energy). Being open systems, people can exchange this energy with the environment and create positive energy for taking action based on a reorganisation of self as necessary to resolve the crisis and emerge at a higher level of consciousness; that is, until the next crisis.
ref: 2009, Christopher Johns, Becoming a Reflective Practitioner, John Wiley & Sons, page 15:
text: If you have been badly affected by negative energy a salt bath is wonderful for clearing and cleansing yourself[…]. Salt attracts negative energy and will draw it away from you.
ref: 2011, Anne Jones, Healing Negative Energies, Hachette, page 118:
glosses: An intangible, modifiable force (usually characterized as either 'positive' or 'negative') believed in some New Age religions to emanate from a person, place or thing and which is (or can be) preserved and transferred in human interactions; shared mood or group habit.
examples: text: The three Persons of the Holy Trinity have the same opinion, make the same decision, and put forth the same energy and action.
ref: 2003, Carl S. Tyneh, Orthodox Christianity: Overview and Bibliography, page 21:
text: We hold, further, that there are two energies in our Lord Jesus Christ. For He possesses on the one hand, as God and being of like essence with the Father, the divine energy, and, likewise, since He became man and of like essence to us, the energy proper to human nature. […] Energy is the efficient and essential activity of nature; the capacity for energy is the nature from which proceeds energy; the product of energy is that which is effected by energy; and the agent of energy is the person or subsistence which uses the energy.
ref: 2017, Stoyan Tanev, Energy in Orthodox Theology and Physics: From Controversy to Encounter, quoting and translating the conclusions of the Fifth Council of Constantinople (1351), page 2
text: The doctrine of the divine energies states that the divine essence, God-in-himself, is unknowable to any creature, whereas God makes himself known in creation by his divine energies, which are inseparable from the divine essence yet distinct from it. Humans know and experience God through his energies. […] Energies are indeed God, but God is more than his energies.
ref: 2019, Paul Ladouceur, Modern Orthodox Theology: Behold, I Make All Things New, pages 368–369:
topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
qualifier: Eastern Orthodoxy
glosses: The external actions and influences resulting from an entity’s internal nature (ousia) and by which it is made manifest, as opposed to that internal nature itself; the aspect of an entity that can affect the wider world and be apprehended by other beings.
topics: video-games
synonyms: action points
qualifier: roleplaying games; board games; roleplaying games; board games
glosses: A measure of how many actions a player or unit can take; in the fantasy genre often called magic points or mana.
examples: text: big dick energy; divorced guy energy; main character energy
text: A moviegoing subscription relying on VR and decentralized technologies gives the same energy as AMC getting into crypto. Fine, but why?
ref: 2018 September 27, Bijan Stephen, “@Dril is the best chronicler of the internet's last decade”, in The Verge, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2023:
text: Toronto artist's new song has horror-movie energy and a deliciously evil beat
ref: 2021 February 18, Brenna Ehrlich, “Song You Need to Know: Haviah Mighty, 'Obeah'”, in Rolling Stone, New York, N.Y.: Penske Media Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2023:
text: In recent weeks, the mood on my social-media feeds has indeed been manic, a barrage of parties, picnics, excursions, and other tableaux that resemble stills from summer-themed romantic comedies. The sense of freedom is dizzying. We are all cultivating main-character energy now.
ref: 2021 June 23, Kyle Chayka, “We All Have "Main-Character Energy" Now”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Jul 2023:
text: Given that February has the same energy as stale bread, Tuesdays, and action figures that look nothing like the actors they're modeled after, it's no wonder we went extra hard for some self-care, and found not only comforting accessories for ourselves, but portable Carhartt cozies for our brewskies.
ref: 2022 February 28, “The Best Stuff Our Editors Bought in February 2022”, in VICE, archived from the original on 15 May 2023:
glosses: An atmosphere, aura, or vibe.
Hyponyms: acoustic energy
activation energy
alternate energy
alternative energy
anisotropy energy
atomic energy
available energy
barycentric energy
big dick energy
big dyke energy
binding energy
bio energy
bioenergy
bond dissociation energy
bond energy
chemical energy
cohesive energy
collateral energy
correlation energy
Coulomb energy
creative energy
dark energy
deactivation energy
deformation energy
Dirichlet energy
disintegration energy
dissociation energy
eddy kinetic energy
effective energy
eigenenergy
elastic energy
electrical energy
electric energy
electromagnetic energy
electrostatic energy
excitation energy
extreme energy
Fermi energy
free energy
geothermal energy
Gibbs free energy
green energy
Hawking energy
Helmholtz free energy
impact energy
interfacial energy
internal energy
ionization energy
kinetic energy
lattice energy
luminous energy
magnetic energy
mass energy
mechanical energy
muzzle energy
new relationship energy
nuclear binding energy
nuclear energy
pairing energy
particle energy
phantom energy
Planck energy
potential energy
primary energy
radiant energy
radio energy
recombination energy
renewable energy
resonance energy
resource energy
rest energy
rotational energy
secondary energy
selfenergy
separation energy
small dick energy
solar energy
sound energy
specific energy
spin-spin energy
strain energy
sublimation energy
surface energy
thermal energy
tidal energy
transition energy
translational energy
turbulence energy
unavailable energy
vacuum energy
vibrational energy
wall energy
Wigner energy
Willmore energy
wind energy
Zeeman energy
zero-point energy
zonal kinetic energy
Derived terms: agroenergy
big-dick energy
big divorce energy
bioenergy
bundle of energy
conservation of energy
counterenergy
cryoenergy
directed-energy weapon
divorced energy
dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry
eigenenergy
emergy
energon
energy bar
energy bubble
energy carrier
energy confinement time
energy crisis
energy density
energy drink
energy efficient
energy-efficient
energy expenditure
energy field
energy gel
energy imbalance
energy-intensive
energyless
energy level
energy medicine
energy meter
energymeter
energy mint
energy mix
energy obesity
energy park
energy payback time
energy poverty
energy replacement time
energy shot
energy slave
energy source
energy transfer
energy vampire
energyware
energy weapon
entransy
high-energy
isoenergy
low-energy
mass-energy
mechanoenergy
momenergy
monergy
new energy vehicle
nonenergy
photoenergy
pseudoenergy
quasi-energy
quasienergy
self-energy
selfenergy
small-dick energy
superenergy
telenergy
Related terms: ergonomics
synergy