TBR 5 CBT Mechanical energy?

[crazyasian]

so one of the questions on TBR 5 CBT asked what the energy conversion was. The answer was Chemical-->Thermal---> Mechanical energy.
What exactly is mechanical energy? I guessed that it would be kinetic energy.

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[PiBond]

mechanical energy is just kinetic energy and potential energy of a system