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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).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the mechanical energy that a body has by virtue of its position; stored energy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: P.E.
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mechanical energy
Narrower terms: elastic energy, elastic potential energy
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
68 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
energjia potenciale
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Arabic:
طاقة وضع
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Armenian:
պոտենցիալ էներգիա
(potencʻial ēnergia)
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Asturian:
enerxía potencial
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Azerbaijani:
potensial enerji
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Basque:
energia potentzial
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Belarusian:
патэнцыяльная энергія
(patencyjalʹnaja enjerhija)
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Bulgarian:
потенциална енергия
(potencialna energija)
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Catalan:
energia potencial
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Chinese Mandarin:
勢能 /势能
(shìnéng)
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Chinese Mandarin:
位能
(wèinéng)
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Chuvash:
потенциалла энерги
(pot̬entsialla energi)
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Czech:
potenciální energie
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Danish:
potentiel energi
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Dutch:
potentiële energie
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Esperanto:
potenciala energio
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Estonian:
potentsiaalne energia
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Finnish:
potentiaalienergia
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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French:
énergie potentielle
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Galician:
enerxía potencial
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Georgian:
პოტენციური ენერგია
(ṗoṭenciuri energia)
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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German:
potentielle Energie
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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German:
Lageenergie
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Greek:
δυναμική ενέργεια
(dynamikí enérgeia)
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Hebrew:
אנרגיה פוטנציאלית
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Hindi:
स्थितिज ऊर्जा
(sthitij ūrjā)
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Hungarian:
potenciális energia
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Icelandic:
stöðuorka
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Indonesian:
energi potensial
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Indonesian:
tenaga tempat
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Irish:
fuinneamh poitéinsiúil
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Italian:
energia potenziale
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Japanese:
位置エネルギー
(ichi enerugī)
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Japanese:
ポテンシャルエネルギー
(potensharu enerugī)
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Kazakh:
потенциалдық энергия
(potensialdyq énergiä)
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Korean:
위치 에너지
(wichi eneoji)
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Korean:
퍼텐셜 에너지
(peotensyeol eneoji)
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Latin:
energīa potentiālis
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Latvian:
potenciālā enerģija
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Lithuanian:
potencinė energija
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Macedonian:
потенцијална енергија
(potencijalna energija)
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Malay:
tenaga keupayaan
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Malayalam:
സ്ഥിതികോർജ്ജം
(sthitikōṟjjaṁ)
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Māori:
pūngao moe
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Marathi:
स्थितीज ऊर्जा
(sthitīj ūrjā)
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Norwegian:
potensiell energi
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Occitan:
energia potenciala
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Persian:
انرژی پتانسیل
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Polish:
energia potencjalna
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Portuguese:
energia potencial
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Punjabi:
ਪੁਟੈਂਸ਼ਲ ਊਰਜਾ
(puṭaĩśal ūrajā)
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Romanian:
energie potențială
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Russian:
потенциа́льная эне́ргия
(potɛnciálʹnaja enɛ́rgija)
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Serbo-Croatian:
potencijalna energija
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Serbo-Croatian:
потенцијална енергија
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Slovak:
potenciálna energia
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Slovene:
potencialna energija
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Spanish:
energía potencial
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Swedish:
potentiell energi
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Swedish:
lägesenergi
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Tagalog:
biniting kusog
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Telugu:
స్థితిశక్తి
(sthitiśakti)
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Thai:
พลังงานศักย์
(pá-lang-ngaan-sàk)
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Turkish:
potansiyel enerji
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Ukrainian:
потенціальна енергія
(potencialʹna enerhija)
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Uzbek:
potensial energiya
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Vietnamese:
thế năng
— energy possessed by an object because of its position
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Welsh:
egni potensial
— energy possessed by an object because of its position