energy
quantitative property of a physical system, recognizable in the performance of work and in the form of heat and light
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Summary
energy is a physical quantity[1]. energy ranks in the top 2% of physical quantity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,607 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: resource[3]
- Subclass of: scalar quantity[4], extensive quantity[5], non-meta generic quality[6], physical property[7]
- Part of: mass–energy equivalence[8], universe[9]
- Has use: energy industry[10], energy technology[11]
- Commons category: Energy[12]
- Has cause: energy source[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Energy[14], Category:Energy (physics)[15]
- Described by source: ISO 80000-5:2007 Quantities and units — Part 5: Thermodynamics[16], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], ISO 80000-5:2019 Quantities and units — Part 5: Thermodynamics[18], Lean Logic[19], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[21], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[22], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23], Small Soviet Encyclopedia[24]
- Topic has template: Template:Energy footer[25]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/energy[26]
- Has characteristic: mass[27], conservation of energy[28], form of energy[29]
- Equivalent class: https://schema.org/Energy[30]
- Different from: Energia[31], Energie[32], Enerxía[33], electrical energy[34], power[35], energy disposition[36], Energy quality[37], energy[38], energy value[39]
- Studied by: energetics[40], physics[41]
- Permanent duplicated item: Q117561470[42]
Why It Matters
energy has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] energy is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]