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ENERGETIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Possessing or exerting or displaying energy
Example:
it caused an energetic chemical reaction
Classified under:
Similar:
physical (characterized by energetic bodily activity)
alert; brisk; lively; merry; rattling; snappy; spanking; zippy (quick and energetic)
canty (lively and brisk)
driving (acting with vigor)
high-energy (providing a relatively large amount of energy upon undergoing a chemical reaction)
indefatigable; tireless; unflagging; unwearying (showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality)
strenuous (characterized by or performed with much energy or force)
vigorous (characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity)
Also:
active (characterized by energetic activity)
lively (full of life and energy)
dynamic; dynamical (characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality)
enterprising (marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects)
spirited (displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness)
Antonym:
lethargic (deficient in alertness or activity)
Derivation:
energy (forceful exertion)
energy (a healthy capacity for vigorous activity)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Working hard to promote an enterprise
Synonyms:
energetic; gumptious; industrious; up-and-coming
Classified under:
Similar:
enterprising (marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects)
Derivation:
energy (enterprising or ambitious drive)
Context examples:
In theory, the interaction between the solar wind's energetic particles and atmospheric molecules could explain the GRaND observations.
(Ceres' Geological Activity, Ice Revealed in New Research, NASA)
What powers these energetic stellar remains?
(Pulse of a Dead Star Powers Intense Gamma Rays, NASA)
The ratio of carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide when the lava lake was in its most energetic state was six times higher than during the most stable phase.
(Size matters: if you are a bubble of volcanic gas, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
"Grandfather. If it had been anyone else I'd have..." And the injured youth finished his sentence by an energetic gesture of the right arm.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Ultimately, this means that if we focus on energetic cancer stem cells, we may be able to directly hit the target.
(‘Energetic Cancer Cells’ May Be Origin of Cancer Spread, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
On the misery of what she had suffered, during the concealment of so many months, continued Mrs. Weston, she was energetic.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
It is the lowest measured energetic output for any mammal.
(Putting the sloth in sloths: Arboreal lifestyle drives slow pace, NSF)
Now, results from a new study using CubeSats indicate that energetic electrons in Earth's inner radiation belt — primarily near its inner edge — are created by cosmic rays born from supernova explosions.
(Six-decade-old space mystery solved with shoebox-sized satellite called a CubeSat, National Science Foundation)
Although the mechanism of action is unclear, penberol might inhibit tumor growth mediated through inhibition of the cell energetic metabolism.
(Penberol, NCI Thesaurus)
Cosmic rays are energetic charged particles that come from nearby stars in the Milky Way galaxy.
(Sun sends more 'tsunami waves' to Voyager 1, NASA)
