energy

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Frenchénergie,fromLate Latinenergia,fromAncient Greekἐνέργεια(enérgeia,“activity”),fromἐνεργός(energós,“active”),fromἐν(en,“in”)+ἔργον(érgon,“work”).The sense in physics wascoinedby English polymathThomas Youngin 1802 in his lectures on Natural Philosophy.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK)IPA(key):/ˈɛn.ə.d͡ʒi/
  • (US)IPA(key):/ˈɛn.ɚ.d͡ʒi/
  • Audio(US):(file)

Noun

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energy(countableanduncountable,pluralenergies)

  1. Theimpetusbehind allmotionand allactivity.
    • 2013June 1, “Ideas coming down the track”,inThe Economist,volume407,number8838,page 13 (Technology Quarterly):
      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 wastesenergyand time, so why not simply slow them down enough for a moving platform to pull alongside?
  2. The capacity to dowork.
    Synonyms:pep,vigor,vim,vitality
    • 1915,G[eorge] A. Birmingham[pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, inGossamer,New York, N.Y.:George H. Doran Company,→OCLC:
      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 futileenergy,from place to place.
    • 1983December 17, Christine Guilfoy, “Women's Bar, Mens Baths Destroyed By Fire”, inGay Community News,volume11,number22,page17:
      McGrath, the manager of Somewhere/Else, toldGCNthat the long hours she has put in since she has become the bar's manager have left her drained of theenergyrequired to undertake a rebuilding effort.
  3. (physics)Aquantitythat denotes theabilityto doworkand is measured in a unit dimensioned inmass×distance²/time² (ML²/T²) or the equivalent.
    Units:
    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
  4. Anintangible,modifiableforce(usually characterized as either 'positive' or 'negative') believed in someNew Agereligions to emanate from a person, place or thing and which is (or can be)preservedandtransferredin humaninteractions;sharedmoodor grouphabit.
    • 2004,Phylameana L. Desy,The Everything Reiki Book,Body, Mind & Spirit,p.130
      Reiki, much like prayer, is a personal exercise that can easily convert negativeenergyinto positiveenergy.
    • 2009,Christopher Johns,Becoming a Reflective Practitioner,John Wiley & Sons,page15:
      Negative feelings can be worked through and theirenergyconverted into positiveenergy[…].In crisis, normal patterns of self-organization fail, resulting in anxiety (negativeenergy). Being open systems, people can exchange thisenergywith the environment and create positiveenergyfor 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.
    • 2011,Anne Jones,Healing Negative Energies,Hachette,page118:
      If you have been badly affected by negativeenergya salt bath is wonderful for clearing and cleansing yourself[…].Salt attracts negativeenergyand will draw it away from you.
  5. (Eastern Orthodoxy,theology,often in theplural)Theexternalactionsandinfluencesresulting from anentity’sinternalnature(ousia) and by which it is mademanifest,as opposed to that internal nature itself; theaspectof an entity that canaffectthewiderworldand beapprehendedby other beings.
    • 2003,Carl S. Tyneh,Orthodox Christianity: Overview and Bibliography,page21:
      The three Persons of the Holy Trinity have the same opinion, make the same decision, and put forth the sameenergyand action.
    • 2017,Stoyan Tanev,Energy in Orthodox Theology and Physics: From Controversy to Encounter,quoting and translating the conclusions of theFifth Council of Constantinople(1351), page 2:
      We hold, further, that there are twoenergiesin our Lord Jesus Christ. For He possesses on the one hand, as God and being of like essence with the Father, the divineenergy,and, likewise, since He became man and of like essence to us, theenergyproper to human nature. […]Energyis the efficient and essential activity of nature; the capacity forenergyis the nature from which proceedsenergy;the product ofenergyis that which is effected byenergy;and the agent ofenergyis the person or subsistence which uses theenergy.
    • 2019,Paul Ladouceur,Modern Orthodox Theology: Behold, I Make All Things New,pages368–369:
      The doctrine of the divineenergiesstates that the divine essence, God-in-himself, is unknowable to any creature, whereas God makes himself known in creation by his divineenergies,which are inseparable from the divine essence yet distinct from it. Humans know and experience God through hisenergies.[…]Energiesare indeed God, but God is more than hisenergies.
  6. (roleplaying games,video games,board games)A measure of how many actions a player or unit can take; in the fantasy genre often calledmagic pointsormana.
    Synonym:action points
  7. (Internetslang)Anatmosphere,aura,orvibe.
    big dickenergy;divorced guyenergy;main characterenergy
    • 2018September 27, Bijan Stephen, “@Dril is the best chronicler of the internet's last decade”, inThe Verge‎[1],archived fromthe originalon2023-06-07:
      A moviegoing subscription relying on VR and decentralized technologies gives the sameenergyas AMC getting into crypto. Fine, butwhy?
    • 2021February 18, Brenna Ehrlich, “Song You Need to Know: Haviah Mighty, 'Obeah'”, inRolling Stone‎[2],New York, N.Y.:Penske Media Corporation,→ISSN,→OCLC,archived fromthe originalon2023-01-27:
      Toronto artist's new song has horror-movieenergyand a deliciously evil beat
    • 2021June 23, Kyle Chayka, “We All Have" Main-Character Energy "Now”, inThe New Yorker‎[3],New York, N.Y.:Condé Nast Publications,→ISSN,→OCLC,archived fromthe originalon2023-07-22:
      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-characterenergynow.
    • 2022February 28, “The Best Stuff Our Editors Bought in February 2022”, inVICE‎[4],archived fromthe originalon2023-05-15:
      Given that February has the sameenergyas 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.

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Descendants

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  • →Cebuano:enerdyi
  • →Japanese:エナジー(enajī)
  • →Korean:에너지(eneoji)

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