energy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: lifestyle
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
religion
theology
video-games
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Ancient Greek ἐν (en)
Ancient Greek ἐν- (en-)
Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-om
Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom
Proto-Hellenic *wérgon
Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Hellenic *-os
Ancient Greek -ος (-os)
Ancient Greek ἐνεργός (energós)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ēs
Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)
Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs)
Ancient Greek ἐνεργής (energḗs)
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.
Ancient Greek -ιᾰ (-iă)
Ancient Greek ἐνέργεια (enérgeia)bor.
Late Latin energīader.
Middle French énergieder.
English energy
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.
Inflected forms:
form: energies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The impetus behind all motion and all activity.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 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?
gloss: The capacity to do work.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 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.
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.
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 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
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Reiki, much like prayer, is a personal exercise that can easily convert negative energy into positive energy.
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.
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.
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
in-plural
often
uncountable
examples: The three Persons of the Holy Trinity have the same opinion, make the same decision, and put forth the same energy and action.
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.
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.
gloss: A measure of how many actions a player or unit can take; in the fantasy genre often called magic points or mana.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An atmosphere, aura, or vibe.
pos: noun
tags: Internet
countable
uncountable
examples: big dick energy; divorced guy energy; main character energy
A moviegoing subscription relying on VR and decentralized technologies gives the same energy as AMC getting into crypto. Fine, but why?
Toronto artist's new song has horror-movie energy and a deliciously evil beat
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.
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.
Related words: ergonomics
synergy
Derived words: 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
gray energy
grey energy
high-energy
isoenergy
low-energy
mass-energy
mattergy
mechanoenergy
momenergy
monergy
new energy vehicle
nonenergy
photoenergy
pseudoenergy
quasienergy
quasi-energy
selfenergy
self-energy
small-dick energy
superenergy
telenergy
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