FromNew Latinenergeticus (16th c.), or its source,Ancient Greekἐνεργητικός(energētikós), fromἐνεργέω(energéō,“to be active”), fromἐνεργός(energós,“active”). Bysurface analysis,energy +-etic.
energetic (comparativemoreenergetic,superlativemostenergetic)
- (sciences)Possessing or pertaining toenergy.[from 19th c.]
Cosmic rays areenergetic particles from outer space.
energetic laws
1898,Home Study for Electrical Workers, page36:Now lift the inverted jar so that the air can get at the outside of the “porous cup” and instantly theenergetic illuminating gas which is now inside the “porous cup” begins to come out, and the water rises in the glass tube to take its place.
- Characterised by force or vigour; full of energy;lively,vigorous, furious.[from 18th c.]
Those kids are soenergetic: they want to run around playing all day.
1801, Abraham Bishop,An Oration on the Extent and Power of Political Delusion, page38:They are even now insulted with all the arguments which have been used in favor ofenergetic governments, ever since the days of Pharaoh: but every one knew, long before our revolution, that anenergetic government could be supported[…]
- (obsolete) Having powerful effects;efficacious,potent.[17th–20th c.]
1816,William Beckford,Vathek, Oxford, published2013, page82:At theseenergetic sounds, the sun hid himself beneath a gloomy cloud; and the waters of two little lakes, that were naturally clearer than crystal, became of a colour like blood.
- Where non-English languages use an adjective analogous to "energetic", English often uses "energy" attributively: "energy efficiency" is much more common than "energetic efficiency".
with nouns
- energetic person
- energetic man
- energetic woman
- energetic child
- energetic life
- energetic material
- energetic particle
- energetic ion
- energetic healing
- energetic anatomy
possessing, exerting, or displaying energy
- Arabic:نَشِيط(našīṭ)
- Asturian:enérxicu
- Bulgarian:енерги́чен (bg)(energíčen),акти́вен (bg)(aktíven)
- Catalan:enèrgic (ca),ple d'energia
- Chinese:
- Mandarin:積極 /积极 (zh)(jījí),有活力(yǒu huólì)
- Esperanto:energia (eo)
- Finnish:energinen (fi),tarmokas (fi),toimelias (fi),tomera (fi)
- French:énergique (fr),énergétique (fr)
- Galician:enérxico
- German:energisch (de),energiegeladen(person);Energiebesitzend(possessing energy)
- Ido:energioza (io),energiala (io)
- Irish:fuinniúil
- Italian:energico (it)
- Japanese:精力的 (ja)(せいりょくてき, seiryokuteki),エネルギッシュ (ja)(enerugisshu)
- Khiamniungan Naga:thīklìk
- Latin:vegetus,nāvus (la),actuōsus
- Latvian:enerģisks,možs,mundrs,izdarīgs
- Luxembourgish:energesch
- Maori:pākahukahu,hōriri,hohe
- Occitan:energic (oc)
- Ottoman Turkish:دینج(dinc)
- Polish:energiczny (pl)
- Portuguese:enérgico (pt)
- Romanian:energic (ro)
- Russian:энерги́чный (ru)(enɛrgíčnyj),акти́вный (ru)(aktívnyj)
- Spanish:enérgico (es)(has energy),energético (es)(produces energy)
- Swedish:energisk (sv)(person),livlig (sv)
- Ukrainian:енергі́йний(enerhíjnyj)
- Welsh:egnïol (cy)
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Possibly from a clipping ofenergetic materials.
energetic (pluralenergetics)
- (materials science, chiefly in the plural) Anymaterial used for its release ofenergy, either as anexplosive,propellant, or forpyrotechnic effects.
2014 February 25, James J . Myrick,Nanoparticles, Compositions, Manufacture and Applications[1],US PatentUS-10858296-B1,column106:Unfortunately, conventional nanoporousenergetics can have poor long-term storage stability, and can be dangerously unstable, severely limiting their usefulness.
2022 April 20, Nadia Schadlow, Brady Helwig, “Ukraine war shows America could be outgunned without investing in energetics”, inBreaking Defense[2], Breaking Media, archived fromthe original on2022-04-20:Improvedenergetics can help the Department of Defense build smaller munitions that still pack a punch.
2023 March 13, 32:11 from the start, Arming Ukraine, in Joseph Camp, director,PBS NewsHour[3] (television production), spoken by William LaPlante, via Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), archived fromthe original on2023-03-10:Where I will say there is something that we all have to watch is the underlying suppliers, the suppliers of solid rockets motors, of batteries, ofenergetics.
Borrowed fromFrenchénergétique. Bysurface analysis,energie +-etic.
- IPA(key): /e.nerˈd͡ʒe.tik/
- Rhymes:-etic
- Hyphenation:e‧ner‧ge‧tic
energetic m orn (feminine singularenergetică,masculine pluralenergetici,feminine and neuter pluralenergetice)
- energetic(relating to energy)
