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Noun energy has 6 senses
- energy - (physics) the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs; "energy can take a wide variety of forms"
--1 is a kind of physical phenomenon
--1 has particulars:
- energy, vigor, vigour - an exertion of force; "he plays tennis with great energy"
--2 is a kind of force, forcefulness, strength
--2 has particulars: athleticism, strenuosity
- energy, push, get-up-and-go - enterprising or ambitious drive; "Europeans often laugh at American energy"
--3 is a kind of drive
--3 has particulars: second wind
- energy, vigor, vigour, vim - an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing); "his writing conveys great energy"
--4 is a kind of liveliness, life, spirit, sprightliness
--4 has particulars: vitality, verve
- energy, vim, vitality - a healthy capacity for vigorous activity; "jogging works off my excess energy"; "he seemed full of vim and vigor"
--5 is a kind of good health, healthiness
--5 has particulars: juice; qi, chi, ch'i, ki
- Department of Energy, Energy Department, Energy, DOE - the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977
--6 is a kind of executive department
--6 has parts: Department of Energy Intelligence, DOEI
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