rest energy


noun Physics.

the energy equivalent to the mass of a particle at rest in an inertial frame of reference, equal to the rest mass times the square of the speed of light.

Origin of rest energy

First recorded in 1935–40

Scientific definitions for rest energy

rest energy
[ rĕst ]

In Special Relativity, the energy corresponding to the rest mass of a body, equal to the rest mass multiplied by the speed of light squared. See more at mass-energy equivalence.