位能 — meaning in English
wèi néng
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English meaning
- potential noun An ability or quality that hasn't yet been developed or shown.
- 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
位能 is used for these senses in English:
- potential (physics) The gravitational potential: the radial (irrotational, static) component of a gravitational field, also known as the Newtonian potential or the gravitoelectric field.
- 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 — full definition
- noun An ability or quality that hasn't yet been developed or shown.
- adj Possible, but not yet actual or certain.
potential energy — full definition
- 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.
- noun In chemistry, the energy held in the bonds between atoms, released or absorbed when those bonds break and reform.