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Noun Concept
Categories: Forms of energy, Gravitation, Articles with short description, Potentials
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potential energy  P.E.  Potential Energy Function  -GMm/r  Gravitation energy
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The mechanical energy that a body has by virtue of its position; stored energy WordNet 3.0
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The mechanical energy that a body has by virtue of its position; stored energy WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In physics, potential energy is the energy held by an object because of its position relative to other objects, stresses within itself, its electric charge, or other factors. Wikipedia
The energy possessed by an object because of its position relative to other objects, stresses within itself, its electric charge, or other factors Wikipedia Disambiguation
Energy stored in a system of forcefully interacting physical entities Wikipedia Disambiguation
Energy held by an object because of its position relative to other objects or stresses within itself, rather than its velocity Wikidata
The energy which a body possesses as a consequence of it's position in the field of gravity, the work required to bring the body up against gravity from a standard level. OmegaWiki
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). Wiktionary
Energy possessed by an object because of its position. Wiktionary (translation)