activation energy

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Rather, being bored means wanting to connect and interact with someone or something, but finding no outlet for that activation energy.

From Salon

However, there remains a high activation energy requirement, as simply getting umumium into a situation where it will even approach another element is nigh on impossible.

From Nature

At home, our television is not easily accessible, so that there is “activation energy” before you can easily go watch TV.

From New York Times

The activation energy to find something else is just too high.

From Nature

Together, Bohr and Wheeler developed a model for the activation energy of nuclear fission that predicted which isotopes of uranium and plutonium would most easily be fissile.

From Scientific American