"potential well" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: potential wells [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} potential well (plural potential wells)
  1. (physics) the region surrounding a local minimum of potential energy, especially if the potential has a constant value in an interval and a higher (finite or infinite) value outside of it Categories (topical): Physics Hyponyms: finite potential well, infinite potential well Translations (potential well): potentialbrønd [common-gender] (Danish)

Inflected forms

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