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  2. Work (physics) - Wikipedia

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    Energy shares the same unit of measurement with work (Joules) because the energy from the object doing work is transferred to the other objects it interacts with when work is being done. [17] The workenergy principle states that an increase in the kinetic energy of a rigid body is caused by an equal amount of positive work done on the body ...

  3. Kinetic energy - Wikipedia

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    The kinetic energy of an object is equal to the work, force times displacement , needed to achieve its stated velocity. Having gained this energy during its acceleration, the mass maintains this kinetic energy unless its speed changes. The same amount of work is done by the object when decelerating from its current speed to a state of rest. [2]

  4. Newton's laws of motion - Wikipedia

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    According to the work-energy theorem, when a force acts upon a body while that body moves along the line of the force, the force does work upon the body, and the amount of work done is equal to the change in the body's kinetic energy.

  5. Joule - Wikipedia

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    The kinetic energy of a 2 kg mass travelling at 1 m/s, or a 1 kg mass travelling at 1.41 m/s. The energy required to lift an apple up 1 m, assuming the apple has a mass of 101.97 g. The heat required to raise the temperature of 0.239 g of water from 0 °C to 1 °C. [15] The kinetic energy of a 50 kg human moving very slowly (0.2 m/s or 0.72 km/h).

  6. Work (thermodynamics) - Wikipedia

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    Thermodynamic work is one of the principal kinds of process by which a thermodynamic system can interact with and transfer energy to its surroundings. This results in externally measurable macroscopic forces on the system's surroundings, which can cause mechanical work, to lift a weight, for example, [1] or cause changes in electromagnetic, [2] [3] [4] or gravitational [5] variables.

  7. First law of thermodynamics - Wikipedia

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    The work done on the system is defined and measured by changes in mechanical or quasi-mechanical variables external to the system. Physically, adiabatic transfer of energy as work requires the existence of adiabatic enclosures. For instance, in Joule's experiment, the initial system is a tank of water with a paddle wheel inside.

  8. Ferrell built a body of work so strong that his post-SNL stardom almost feels like an afterthought. Contrast that with Robert Downey Jr. , a megastar elsewhere but a blip during his time on the show.

  9. Energy - Wikipedia

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    It is a derived unit that is equal to the energy expended, or work done, ... chemical energy is used for work: [note 1] gain in kinetic energy of a sprinter during a ...