Energy transfer is the transfer of energy from one object or material to another.
There are a few main ways that energy transfer occurs:
- Radiant energy (radiation)
- Heat conduction (travelling heat)
- Convection (currents of warm air)
- Electrical power transmission
- Mechanical work (machines)
Famous quotes containing the words energy and/or transfer:
“Three elements go to make up an idea. The first is its intrinsic quality as a feeling. The second is the energy with which it affects other ideas, an energy which is infinite in the here-and-nowness of immediate sensation, finite and relative in the recency of the past. The third element is the tendency of an idea to bring along other ideas with it.”
—Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914)
“If it had not been for storytelling, the black family would not have survived. It was the responsibility of the Uncle Remus types to transfer philosophies, attitudes, values, and advice, by way of storytelling using creatures in the woods as symbols.”
—Jackie Torrence (b. 1944)