(n.) Internal or inherent power; capacity of acting, operating, or producing an effect, whether exerted or not; as, men possessing energies may suffer them to lie inactive.
(n.) Power efficiently and forcibly exerted; vigorous or effectual operation; as, the energy of a magistrate.
(n.) Strength of expression; force of utterance; power to impress the mind and arouse the feelings; life; spirit; -- said of speech, language, words, style; as, a style full of energy.
(n.) Capacity for performing work.
Example Sentences:
(1) Multiple stored energy levels were randomly tested and the percent successful defibrillation was plotted against the stored energy, and the raw data were fit by logistic regression.
(2) In cardiac tissue the adenylate system is not a good indicator of the energy state of the mitochondrion, even when the concentrations of AMP and free cytosolic ADP are calculated from the adenylate kinase and creatine kinase equilibria.
(3) A progressively more precise approach to identifying affected individuals involves measuring body weight and height, then energy intake (or expenditure) and finally the basal metabolic rate (BMR).
(4) Issues such as healthcare and the NHS, food banks, energy and the general cost of living were conspicuous by their absence.
(5) The Tyr side chain had two conformations of comparable energy, one over the ring between the Gln and Asn side chains, and the other with the Tyr side chain away from the ring.
(6) We’re learning to store peak power in all kinds of ways: a California auction for new power supply was won by a company that uses extra solar energy to freeze ice, which then melts during the day to supply power.
(7) This is due to changes with energy in the relative backscattered electron fluence between chamber support and phantom materials.
(8) The acute effect of alcohol manifested itself by decreasing mitochondrial respiration, compensated by increased glycolytic activity of the myocardium so that myocardial energy phosphate concentration remained unchanged.
(9) To determine the influence of cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) adsorption on the wettability and elemental surface composition of human enamel, with and without adsorbed salivary constituents, surface-free energies and elemental compositions were determined.
(10) Thirty-two strains of pectin-fermenting rumen bacteria were isolated from bovine rumen contents in a rumen fluid medium which contained pectin as the only added energy source.
(11) It has announced a four-stage programme of reforms that will tackle most of these stubborn and longstanding problems, including Cinderella issues such as how energy companies treat their small business customers.
(12) This capacity is expressed during incubation of the bacteria with the substrate and needs a source of carbon and other energy metabolites.
(13) Results indicate that energy had not returned to patients' satisfaction in 37% of the cases.
(14) A Monte Carlo simulation was performed to characterize the spatial and energy distribution of bremsstrahlung radiation from beta point sources important to radioimmunotherapy (RIT).
(15) The most pronounced changes occurred during the initial hours of nutrient and energy deprivation.
(16) The overall prevalence of protein energy malnutrition (PEM) was found to be 81.8%, while 31.8, 44.1, 5.7 and 0.2% of children had Grades I, II, III and IV PEM, respectively.
(17) The results, together with the known geometry of the enzyme, indicate that active site probes in the dodecamer are widely separated and that energy transfer occurs from a single donor to two or three acceptors on adjacent subunits.
(18) At constant arterial pO2, changes in coronary flow were associated with changes in energy-rich phosphates, but not systematically with changes in coronary venous pO2.
(19) The efficacy of the process is dependent on immersion medium, while the degree of surrounding tissue damage is dependent on energy dose.
(20) These results suggest that a lowered basal energy expenditure and a reduced glucose-induced thermogenesis contribute to the positive energy balance which results in relapse of body weight gain after cessation of a hypocaloric diet.
Springboard
Definition:
(n.) An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or in exercising.
Example Sentences:
(1) If you doubt it, look at the hated Irish senate, which the constitution unit calls a " springboard for aspiring MPs ".
(2) Our study provides a springboard for a broader discussion of the problems involved in selecting and implementing new technology in family practice.
(3) A puppet Government set up at Vichy which may at any moment be forced to become our foe; the whole western seaboard of Europe, from the North Cape to the Spanish frontier, in German hands; all the ports, all the airfields upon this immense front employed against us as potential springboards of invasion.
(4) Ronald Koeman falls off Wembley springboard in humiliating fashion | David Hytner Read more There was to be no Southampton revival from then on in.
(5) These ideas focus, for example, on how to tackle the secular stagnation in median wages; how to redistribute power to cities to spread economic wealth; how to modernise the education curriculum for a creative age; how to build a secure, low-carbon European energy future; how to make the welfare state an effective springboard out of poverty; how to combat humanitarian catastrophe where it occurs and before it becomes an immigration crisis on the shores of Europe.
(6) Only time will tell if the Massachusetts senator uses the episode as a springboard for a 2016 campaign she still claims not to want, or if it becomes merely a moment of “peak Warren” in the media, but the growing influence of her wing of the party is real.
(7) Le Pen is hoping to use the region as a northern laboratory and springboard for her presidential campaign in 2017.
(8) Last summer, the Turkish port city of Izmir became the springboard for hundreds of thousands of refugees hoping to reach Greece .
(9) Western officials fear JFS will not only dominate the jihadi landscape in the Levant following the defeat of Isis, but may also provide a springboard for al-Qaida to launch strikes into Europe, should the group change its current strategy.
(10) Republicans have moved swiftly to try to turn their triumph in Wisconsin's recall election into a springboard for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign.
(11) "It's impossible to quantify a Modi factor in state elections but it's a very good result for the BJP and gives them a real springboard for the contest next spring," said Swapan Dasgupta, a political analyst.
(12) For Austria’s far right, defeat may be a springboard | Jeremy Cliffe Read more Undoubtedly, this is a story of economic grievances – magnified by the 2008 financial crash – colliding with anti-immigrant sentiment.
(13) Your editorial (29 March) argues that the Byles bill now before parliament, which, for the first time, allows peers to resign, could lead to aspirant politicians using the Lords as a springboard into Commons seats, thus diluting its independence.
(14) I also recalled how the CIA had told me that they would "fake" an escape for me if I agreed to work for them, which would springboard me into al-Qaida automatically.
(15) They were also "a springboard for apprenticeships or entry into work", he said.
(16) France's biggest company is to purchase 60% of SunPower Corporation, the second biggest solar panel manufacturer in America, and use it as a new springboard into a renewable sector struggling for competitive edge.
(17) And these are artists that make it really easy to do because they’re so personal.” Meanwhile Kanyezine , edited by Australian artist Annabel Brady-Brown, uses Kanye West as a creative springboard.
(18) The NDHS experience served as a springboard for designing the MRFIT nutrition intervention and data collection procedures.
(19) Council housing can be a great safety net to help get people back on their feet, but it should be a springboard, not a destination."
(20) The borders in the south [of Libya , where most migrants first enter the country] are open, and there is always going to be an appetite for it.” Risking death in the Mediterranean: the least bad option for so many migrants Read more Interviews with migrants this week in Libya, the primary springboard for illegal boat trips to Europe , also suggest that the high demand continues.