| 单词 | energy of position |
| 释义 | > as lemmasenergy of position energy of position n. Physics energy which a body or substance possesses by virtue of its position relative to other bodies or within a field; cf. potential energy n. ΚΠ 1868 D. D. Heath in Contemp. Rev. 8 65 We may conceive the whole system as undergoing simultaneously two changes,..and attribute them to two energies—one of motion, or as it is coming to be called, kinetic energy,—the other which, for the moment, we will term energy of position. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 1033 We see the same thing when the kinetic energy of a rush of water is used by a hydraulic machine to raise a heavy weight to a height, where it has energy of position, or potential energy. 1966 R. S. Heinlein Moon is Harsh Mistress (1967) 80 But Luna also has energy of position; she sits at top of gravity well eleven kilometres per second deep and kept from falling in by curb only two and a half km/s high. 2012 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 367 60/2 An object held in a person's hand has potential energy—energy of position—which converts to kinetic energy—the energy of motion—if the actor lets it fall to the ground. < as lemmas |
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