mass-energy

noun

mass and energy considered as equivalent and interconvertible, according to the theory of relativity

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Words nearby mass-energy

mass spectroscope, mass spectroscopy, mass spectrum, mass transit, mass wasting, mass-energy, mass-energy equation, mass-energy equivalence, mass-market, mass-market paperback, mass-produce

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Example sentences from the Web for mass-energy

In the first place, there's a full-sized power-reactor, and a mass-energy converter.
The Cosmic Computer|Henry Beam Piper
This was in line with familiar twentieth-century concepts of mass-energy transformation.
The Variable Man|Philip K. Dick
"Take that carrion and stuff it in a mass-energy converter," he said.
Space Viking|Henry Beam Piper
There was a collapsium plant, with its own mass-energy converter.
The Cosmic Computer|Henry Beam Piper

Remember those big wire baskets, down at the mass-energy converters?
The Cosmic Computer|Henry Beam Piper

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