Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun energy_state

1 sense of energy state

Sense 1
energy level, energy state -- (a definite stable energy that a physical system can have; used especially of the state of electrons in atoms or molecules; "according to quantum theory only certain energy levels are possible")
       => 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; "energy can take a wide variety of forms")