mass-energy

noun

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

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"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
This was in line with familiar twentieth-century concepts of mass-energy transformation.
The Variable Man
Philip K. Dick
Remember those big wire baskets, down at the mass-energy converters?
The Cosmic Computer
Henry Beam Piper
In the first place, there's a full-sized power-reactor, and a mass-energy converter.
The Cosmic Computer
Henry Beam Piper

mass-energy

Examples from the Web for mass-energy

Historical Examples

"Take that carrion and stuff it in a mass-energy converter," he said.

There was a collapsium plant, with its own mass-energy converter.

This was in line with familiar twentieth-century concepts of mass-energy transformation.

Remember those big wire baskets, down at the mass-energy converters?

In the first place, there's a full-sized power-reactor, and a mass-energy converter.