потенциална енергия — meaning in English

English meaning

• potential energy noun The energy stored in an object because of its position, shape or condition, which can be released as movement or another form of energy.

Senses

потенциална енергия is used for these senses in English:

• potential energy The energy possessed by an object because of its position (in a gravitational or electric field), or its condition (as a stretched or compressed spring, as a chemical reactant, or by having rest mass).

potential energy — full definition

1. noun The energy stored in an object because of its position, shape or condition, which can be released as movement or another form of energy.
2. noun In chemistry, the energy held in the bonds between atoms, released or absorbed when those bonds break and reform.