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potential energy

energy held by an object because of its position relative to other objects or stresses within itself, rather than its velocity
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Summary

potential energy is a form of energy[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of form of energy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,583 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: mechanical energy[3], physical quantity[4]
  • Commons category: Potential energy[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Potential energy[6]
  • Described at URL: https://phys.libretexts.org/@go/page/2063[7], https://msuperl.org/wikis/pcubed/doku.php?id=183_notes:force_and_pe[8]
  • Described by source: ISO 80000-4:2006 Quantities and units—Part 4: Mechanics[9], ISO 80000-4:2019 Quantities and units — Part 4: Mechanics[10]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/potential-energy[11]
  • Has effect: kinetic energy[12]
  • Different from: scalar potential[13], potential[14]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[16]
  • Recommended unit of measurement: joule[17], kilogram square metre per square second[18]
  • P14541: 40ixwh[19], 4Gt72F[20]

Why It Matters

potential energy has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . ISO 80000-4:2019 Quantities and units — Part 4: Mechanics. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . ISO 80000-4:2019 Quantities and units — Part 4: Mechanics. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 94
    Exact match → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'as', 'ast', 'az', 'bcl', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bn', 'bs', 'ca', 'ckb'
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_2000016"
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 40ixwh, 4Gt72F
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  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Different from → scalar potential, potential
    Has effect → kinetic energy
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 3163114
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 17455, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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