“of energy”

The following 6 entries include the term of energy.

conservation of energy

noun phrase

: a principle in physics: the total energy of an isolated system remains constant irrespective of whatever internal changes may take place with energy disappearing in one form reappearing in another

accumulation of energy

: the storing of energy by various means (as by weights lifted, masses put in motion, or chemical changes effected)

degradation of energy

: the process by which energy becomes less available for doing work compare conservation of energy, dissipation of energy

dissipation of energy

: a physical process (as the cooling of a body in the open air) by which energy becomes not only unavailable but irrecoverable in any form compare conservation of energy, degradation of energy

equipartition of energy

: an ideal condition postulated as existing among the molecules, atoms, and ions of a gas or vapor wherein the total heat energy is equally apportioned among the various degrees of freedom possessed by those particles, the realization of this ideal at lower temperatures often being impaired by quantum restrictions

bundle of energy

noun phrase

: a very energetic person


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