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HIGH-ENERGY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Vigorously energetic or forceful
Example:
a high-voltage theatrical entrepreneur
Synonyms:
high-energy; high-octane; high-power; high-powered; high-voltage
Classified under:
Similar:
dynamic; dynamical (characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Providing a relatively large amount of energy upon undergoing a chemical reaction
Classified under:
Similar:
energetic (possessing or exerting or displaying energy)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of or relating to elementary particles having energies of hundreds of thousands of electron volts
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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
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:
In the lab, the group used infrared laser beam pulses to simulate the high-energy shockwaves created by asteroids slamming into the atmosphere.
(Asteroids, Hydrogen Make Great Recipe for Life on Mars, NASA)
Lysis can be caused by chemical or physical means (e.g., high-energy sound waves) or by a virus infection.
(Lytic, NCI Dictionary)
This creates high-energy radiation that may be used to treat cancer.
(Linac, NCI Dictionary)
A procedure that uses ultrasound (high-energy sound waves that are bounced off internal tissues and organs) during surgery.
(Intraoperative ultrasound, NCI Dictionary)
High-energy radiation capable of producing ionization in substances through which it passes.
(Ionizing radiation, NCI Thesaurus)
In what is called a target-of-opportunity observation, NuSTAR was redirected to take a look at high-energy X-rays from this source in the range of 3 to 79 kiloelectron volts.
(NuSTAR sees rare blurring of black hole light, NASA)
To predict and explain this activity, Strugarek and colleagues developed a model of the plasma, high-energy matter, inside the sun and examined how its flow and change could create magnetic fields.
(Sun's mood swings not so strange after all, Wikinews)
Imaging uses methods such as x-rays (high-energy radiation), ultrasound (high-energy sound waves), and radio waves.
(Imaging, NCI Dictionary)
While NADPH is an important energy carrier and is closely related to the high-energy electron carrier NADH, NADPH is distinct from NADH in several ways.
(Oxidative Reactions of the Pentose Phosphate Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
This can be caused by chemical or physical means (for example, strong detergents or high-energy sound waves) or by infection with a strain of virus that can lyse cells.
(Oncolysis, NCI Dictionary)
