potential energy
The energy possessed by an object because of its position, or its conditionThe 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).
» Biden has been stressing the potential energy transition has to create new jobs.
Biden betont das Potential der Energiewende bei der Schaffung neuer Arbeitsplätze.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)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).
potentielle Energie, Lageenergie
потенциа́льная эне́ргияpotɛnciálʹnaja enɛ́rgija
потенціальна енергіяpotencialʹna enerhija
- the mechanical energy that a body has by virtue of its position; stored energy
Examples
2 sentencesBiden has been stressing the potential energy transition has to create new jobs.
deBiden betont das Potential der Energiewende bei der Schaffung neuer Arbeitsplätze. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
As an atom approaches the barycenter of a forming star, it trades potential for kinetic energy: the stuff of heat.
Translations
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Forms
plural: potential energies| Singular | potential energy |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- the mechanical energy that a body has by virtue of its position; stored energy:P.E.
Word family
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable