degradation of energy
11Energy — This article is about the scalar physical quantity. For other uses, see Energy (disambiguation). Energetic redirects here. For other uses, see Energetic (disambiguation) …
12Energy crisis — An energy crisis is any great bottleneck (or price rise) in the supply of energy resources to an economy. It usually refers to the shortage of oil and additionally to electricity or other natural resources. An energy crisis may be referred to as… …
13Energy Tax Act — The Energy Tax Act (USPL|95|618, USStat|92|3174, enacted November 91978) is a law passed by the U.S. Congress as part of the National Energy Act. It was a response to three developments::1. large revenue losses associated with the oil and gas tax …
14energy obesity — noun A condition of excessive energy consumption, usually pertaining to large collectives of people such as nations. The symptoms may be expressed in the form of energy commodity price volatility, environmental degradation, energy trade induced… …
15degradation — when high discharge creates a high energy environment in a river channel leading to a lowering of the channel bed …
16The Law of Conservation of Energy — The Law of Conservation of Energy † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Law of Conservation of Energy Amongst the gravest objections raised by the progress of modern science against Theism, the possibility of Miracles, free will, the… …
17dissipation of energy — a physical process (as the cooling of a body in the open air) by which energy becomes not only unavailable but irrecoverable in any form compare conservation of energy, degradation of energy * * * dissipation of energy (physics) Degradation of… …
18Dissipation of energy — Dissipation Dis si*pa tion (d[i^]s s[i^]*p[=a] sh[u^]n), n. [L. dissipatio: cf. F. dissipation.] 1. The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste. [1913 Webster] Without loss or dissipation of the… …
19available energy — noun physics : that part of the energy of bodies or systems which exists under such conditions that work may be theoretically derived from it compare degradation of energy, entropy, unavailable energy …
20unavailable energy — noun : energy that is incapable of doing work under existing conditions compare available energy, degradation of energy, entropy …
