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CHEMICAL ENERGY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
That part of the energy in a substance that can be released by a chemical reaction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("chemical energy" is a kind of...):
energy; free energy ((physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs)
Context examples:
Oceans and other waterways are rich in algae –- energy factories that convert sunlight and carbon dioxide into chemical energy and help remove carbon from the atmosphere.
(Scientists discover key factors in how some algae harness solar energy, National Science Foundation)
The chemical energy contained in these foods is extracted and converted until it reaches a common form, the high-energy phosphate bonds of ATP.
(Electron Transport Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
One form of chemical energy used to drive biosynthetic reactions forward is the reducing power of the energy carrier NADPH.
(Oxidative Reactions of the Pentose Phosphate Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
