"potential well" meaning in English

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        "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"
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          "word": "finite potential well"
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          "word": "infinite potential well"
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        "(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"
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          "sense": "potential well",
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          "word": "potentialbrønd"
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        "(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"
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