What does "chemical energy" mean?

The net potential energy liberated or absorbed during the course of a chemical reaction

Chemical energy

Common synonyms include: battery energies, biochemical energy, biological energy, bond energy, bond-energy derived energy, cell energy.

noun

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Noun

1
The net potential energy liberated or absorbed during the course of a chemical reaction countable, physical, uncountable
2
that part of the energy in a substance that can be released by a chemical reaction wordnet