Simple Description

A type of stored energy that a device can have. Potential energy is usually elastic or gravitational potential energy.

Further Detail

If a device has "the potential to do something" then we say it has "potential energy". For example, an object lifted up in the air has the potential to fall due to gravity - we say it has "gravitational potential energy".

Related Words:

• Gravitational potential energy
• Elastic potential energy

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