energy
/ˈɛnɚd͡ʒi/ noun B2- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. · big dick energy; divorced guy energy; main character energy
Plural energies
From the library
By the time they arrived at the house Matthew was shrinking from the approaching revelation with an energy he did not understand.
I mean to devote all my energies to being good after this and I shall never try to be beautiful again.
Phillips’s brief reforming energy was over; he didn’t want the bother of punishing a dozen pupils; but it was necessary to do something to save his word, so he looked about for a scapegoat and found it in Anne, who had dropped into her seat, gasping for breath, with a forgotten lily wreath hanging askew over one ear and giving her a particularly rakish and disheveled appearance.
“With great energy; but it is a subject which always makes a lady energetic.”
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