energy equivalent

collocation in English

meaningsofenergyandequivalent

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energy
noun
uk
/ˈen.ə.dʒi/us
/ˈen.ɚ.dʒi/
the power and ability to be physically and ...
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equivalent
noun[C usually singular]
uk
/ɪˈkwɪv.əl.ənt/us
/ɪˈkwɪv.əl.ənt/
something that has the same amount, value, purpose, qualities, etc. as ...
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(Definition ofenergyandequivalentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofenergy equivalent

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One tonne of plutonium is theenergyequivalentof 2 million tonnes of coal.
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Schemes currently proposed might provideenergyequivalentto several million tons of coal annually.
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A bicycle travels 1, 600 miles on theenergyequivalentof just one gallon of petrol.
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Some other organizations use anenergyequivalent-based standards.
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This is likely to raise problems as long as the gas price remains relatively low in comparison with theenergyequivalentof oil.
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It has been mentioned already that the nuclear power programme, having been curtailed, will contribute in 1965 about 10 million tons ofenergyequivalent.
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Theenergyequivalentof those 6 million tonnes of straw is one half of what is generated by our nuclear power stations.
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With its reactor core containing theenergyequivalentof over 8 million pounds of gasoline.
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Of this total, some 24 sites are already extracting and exploiting landfill gas and producing anenergyequivalentof 0·16 million tonnes coal equivalent (mtce) annually.
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We need energy in infrastructure, theenergyequivalentof fast trains, super grids and high-tech smart grids are needed, and we have the money for this.
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These will supply theenergyequivalentof 22% of the anticipated total nationwide energy consumption in 2010.
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A small amount of nuclear fuel can provideenergyequivalentto millions of times its weight in coal or oil.
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The watt-second is theenergyequivalentto the power of one watt sustained for one second.
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So essentially the soil pores need to haveenergyequivalentto h0 to overcome water that is held under tension in the reservoir.
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Each ton of recycled plastic bags saves theenergyequivalentof 11 barrels of oil, although most bags are produced from natural-gas-derived stock.
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When the matter falls through the event horizon, theenergyequivalentof some or all of that matter is converted into dark energy.
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A kilowatt-hour is the amount ofenergyequivalentto a steady power of 1 kilowatt running for 1 hour, or 3.6 megajoules.
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For quantum states separated byenergyequivalentto radio frequencies, thermal energy from the environment causes the populations of the states to be close to equal.
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Second it does not provide for the fact that sugars and starch are virtually completely digested and absorbed, and thus provide metabolisableenergyequivalentto their heat of combustion.
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