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HIGH-ENERGY

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Vigorously energetic or forcefulplay

Example:

a high-voltage theatrical entrepreneur

Synonyms:

high-energy; high-octane; high-power; high-powered; high-voltage

Classified under:

Adjectives

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 reactionplay

Classified under:

Adjectives

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 voltsplay

Classified under:

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)

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 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)




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