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Energy   /ˈɛnərdʒi/   Listen
Energy

noun
(pl. energies)
1.
(physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs.  Synonym: free energy.
2.
Forceful exertion.  Synonyms: vigor, vigour, zip.  "He's full of zip"
3.
Enterprising or ambitious drive.  Synonyms: get-up-and-go, push.
4.
An imaginative lively style (especially style of writing).  Synonyms: muscularity, vigor, vigour, vim.  "A remarkable muscularity of style"
5.
A healthy capacity for vigorous activity.  Synonyms: vim, vitality.  "He seemed full of vim and vigor"
6.
Any source of usable power.
7.
The federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977.  Synonyms: Department of Energy, DOE, Energy Department.



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... a wise precaution in a man of sedentary habits, with the view of opening the chest and strengthening the muscles of the arms. But the intense eagerness and joy depicted in the face of Newman Noggs, which was suffused with perspiration; the surprising energy with which he directed a constant succession of blows towards a particular panel about five feet eight from the ground, and still worked away in the most untiring and persevering manner, would have sufficiently explained to the attentive observer, that his imagination was thrashing, to within ...
— The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby • Charles Dickens

... triumphantly in the air. "I'll have her yet!" he exclaimed half-aloud. "I'll set Lovisa on her!" And his countenance cleared; he quickened his pace like a man having some pressing business to fulfill, and was soon in his boat, rowing towards Bosekop with unaccustomed speed and energy. ...
— Thelma • Marie Corelli

... "sensational." It accomplished its object, however. It attracted the attention of the readers of the papers, and they bought the Ledger "to see what it was." They liked the paper, and since then there has been no abatement in the demand for it. The venture was entirely successful. Mr. Bonner's energy and genius, and Fanny Fern's popularity, placed the Ledger on a substantial footing from the start, and out of the profits of the story for which he had paid such an unusually large price, Mr. Bonner purchased a ...
— Lights and Shadows of New York Life - or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City • James D. McCabe

... lost no time in applying himself with renewed energy to mineralogical work. It was announced in the Scots Magazine for October 1791 that he had discovered in the extreme north of Scotland, where he had been invited to search for minerals, copper, lead, iron, manganese, and other valuable products of a similar character. ...
— The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen • Rudolph Erich Raspe

... what seemed for the moment to be the minor issues—the moves, if we may borrow a metaphor from the chess-table, which opened the game; and it may be observed that, though, on the 17th of December, Pitt resisted Mr. Baker's resolution with his utmost energy, in the numerous debates which ensued he carefully avoided all allusion to Lord Temple's conduct, or to the measure which had led to the dismissal of his predecessors, farther than was necessary for the explanation of the principles of his own India Bill. It may even be surmised that, if he ...
— The Constitutional History of England From 1760 to 1860 • Charles Duke Yonge


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