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What potential means?


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  1. In physics, the potential is the ability to do work.
  2. When any object is lifted from the floor by a person, work is done against the gravitational force. This work done will be stored in the object as potential energy.
  3. The work required to move a unit positive charge from infinity to that point is defined as electrical potential.

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