energy means the impetus behind all motion and all activity. It carries an Arena rating of 1443, earned across 8 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, energy ranks #2,769 of 17,052 for Most Sublime Words, #3,599 of 17,052 for Most Malleable Words, #4,920 of 17,052 for Words That Escaped Their Books, #8,048 of 17,052 for Most Storied Words.
energy is pronounced /ˈɛn.ə.dʒi/.
Why “energy” is a great word
The measurable, transferable capacity of a physical system to perform work. From the Greek energeia (“activity, operation”), from energos (“active, working”), from en- (“in”) + ergon (“work”). Unlike “force,” a push or pull that changes motion, or “power,” the rate of its expenditure, energy is the stored potential enabling that push—the total currency itself. It is the coiled tension in a spring, the latent heat in a sun-warmed stone, and the fleeting vigor in a child’s laugh: the impermanent quantity against which all activity is a drawn-down loan, the invisible accounting of what remains possible.
noun
- The impetus behind all motion and all activity.
- The capacity to do work.
- 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.e.g.“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”
- 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.e.g.“Reiki, much like prayer, is a personal exercise that can easily convert negative energy into positive energy.”
- 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.e.g.“The three Persons of the Holy Trinity have the same opinion, make the same decision, and put forth the same energy and action.”
- A measure of how many actions a player or unit can take; in the fantasy genre often called magic points or mana.
- An atmosphere, aura, or vibe.e.g.“big dick energy; divorced guy energy; main character energy”
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