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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 wascoined by English polymathThomas Young in 1802 in his lectures on Natural Philosophy.

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energy (countable anduncountable,pluralenergies)

  1. Theimpetus behind allmotion and allactivity.
    • 2013 June 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 wastesenergy and 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.
    • 1983 December 17, Christine Guilfoy, “Women's Bar, Mens Baths Destroyed By Fire”, inGay Community News, volume11, number22, page17:
      McGrath, the manager of Somewhere/Else, toldGCN that the long hours she has put in since she has become the bar's manager have left her drained of theenergy required to undertake a rebuilding effort.
  3. (physics) Aquantity that denotes theability to dowork and 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 Age religions to emanate from a person, place or thing and which is (or can be)preserved andtransferred in humaninteractions; sharedmood or 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 negativeenergy into positiveenergy.
    • 2009, Christopher Johns,Becoming a Reflective Practitioner, John Wiley & Sons,page15:
      Negative feelings can be worked through and theirenergy converted into positiveenergy […]. In crisis, normal patterns of self-organization fail, resulting in anxiety (negativeenergy). Being open systems, people can exchange thisenergy with the environment and create positiveenergy 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.
    • 2011, Anne Jones,Healing Negative Energies, Hachette,page118:
      If you have been badly affected by negativeenergy a salt bath is wonderful for clearing and cleansing yourself […]. Salt attracts negativeenergy and will draw it away from you.
  5. (Eastern Orthodoxy, theology, often in theplural) Theexternalactions andinfluences resulting from anentity’sinternalnature (ousia) and by which it is mademanifest, as opposed to that internal nature itself; theaspect of an entity that canaffect thewiderworld and beapprehended by 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 sameenergy and 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 twoenergies in 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, theenergy proper to human nature. […]Energy is the efficient and essential activity of nature; the capacity forenergy is the nature from which proceedsenergy; the product ofenergy is that which is effected byenergy; and the agent ofenergy is 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 divineenergies states 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. […]Energies are 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 points ormana.
    Synonym:action points
  7. (Internetslang) Anatmosphere,aura, orvibe.
    big dickenergy;divorced guyenergy; main characterenergy
    • 2018 September 27, Bijan Stephen, “@Dril is the best chronicler of the internet's last decade”, inThe Verge‎[1], archived fromthe original on2023-06-07:
      A moviegoing subscription relying on VR and decentralized technologies gives the sameenergy as AMC getting into crypto. Fine, butwhy?
    • 2021 February 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 original on2023-01-27:
      Toronto artist's new song has horror-movieenergy and a deliciously evil beat
    • 2021 June 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 original on2023-07-22:
      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-characterenergy now.
    • 2022 February 28, “The Best Stuff Our Editors Bought in February 2022”, inVICE‎[4], archived fromthe original on2023-05-15:
      Given that February has the sameenergy 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.

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impetus behind activity
capacity to do work
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