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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">A measurable physical quantity, with [[dimensions]] mass times [[velocity]] squared, that is  conserved for an [[isolated system]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">Energy of motion is [[kinetic energy]]; energy of position is [[potential energy]]. <br/>''See'' [[energy conversion]],  [[internal energy]], [[enthalpy]].</div><br/> </div><div class="reference">Feynman, R. P., R. B. Leighton, and M. Sands 1963. The Feynman Lectures in Physics. Vol. I, . p. 4-2. </div><br/>  
<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">A measurable physical quantity, with [[dimensions]] mass times [[velocity]] squared, that is  conserved for an [[isolated system]].
 
</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">Energy of motion is [[kinetic energy]]; energy of position is [[potential energy]]. <br/>''See'' [[energy conversion]],  [[internal energy]], [[enthalpy]].</div><br/>
 
</div><div class="reference">Feynman, R. P., R. B. Leighton, and M. Sands 1963. The Feynman Lectures in Physics. Vol. I, . p. 4-2. </div><br/>  
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Latest revision as of 08:10, 25 February 2020



energy

A measurable physical quantity, with dimensions mass times velocity squared, that is conserved for an isolated system.

Energy of motion is kinetic energy; energy of position is potential energy.
See energy conversion, internal energy, enthalpy.

Feynman, R. P., R. B. Leighton, and M. Sands 1963. The Feynman Lectures in Physics. Vol. I, . p. 4-2.


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