"potential difference" meaning in English

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  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "the difference in potential energy between two points in an electric field; the difference in charge between two points in an electrical circuit; voltage"
      ],
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          "potential energy",
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        [
          "electric field",
          "electric field"
        ],
        [
          "charge",
          "charge"
        ],
        [
          "electrical",
          "electrical"
        ],
        [
          "circuit",
          "circuit"
        ],
        [
          "voltage",
          "voltage"
        ]
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "difference in potential energy between two points",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "spændingsforskel"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "difference in potential energy between two points",
          "word": "potentsiaalide vahe"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "difference in potential energy between two points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Potentialdifferenz"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "diaforá dynamikoú",
          "sense": "difference in potential energy between two points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "διαφορά δυναμικού"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "difference in potential energy between two points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "difríocht phoitéinsil"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "den'isa",
          "sense": "difference in potential energy between two points",
          "word": "電位差"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "difference in potential energy between two points",
          "word": "beza keupayaan"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "potential difference"
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      "glosses": [
        "the difference in potential energy between two points in an electric field; the difference in charge between two points in an electrical circuit; voltage"
      ],
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          "potential energy"
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        [
          "electric field",
          "electric field"
        ],
        [
          "charge",
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        ],
        [
          "electrical",
          "electrical"
        ],
        [
          "circuit",
          "circuit"
        ],
        [
          "voltage",
          "voltage"
        ]
      ]
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "difference in potential energy between two points",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "spændingsforskel"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "difference in potential energy between two points",
      "word": "potentsiaalide vahe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "difference in potential energy between two points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Potentialdifferenz"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diaforá dynamikoú",
      "sense": "difference in potential energy between two points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "διαφορά δυναμικού"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "difference in potential energy between two points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "difríocht phoitéinsil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "den'isa",
      "sense": "difference in potential energy between two points",
      "word": "電位差"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "difference in potential energy between two points",
      "word": "beza keupayaan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "potential difference"
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