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Categories: Potentials, Articles with short description, Gravitation, Forms of energy

potential energy P.E. Potential energy function -GMm/r Gravitation energy

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)

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