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RADIANT ENERGY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Energy that is transmitted in the form of (electromagnetic) radiation; energy that exists in the absence of matter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("radiant 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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "radiant energy"):
luminous energy (the energy associated with visible light)
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