In classical mechanics, the gravitational potential is a scalar field associating with each point in space the work (energy transferred) per unit mass...

elastic potential energy; work of the gravitational force is called gravitational potential energy; work of the Coulomb force is called electric potential energy;...

Gravitational energy or gravitational potential energy is the potential energy a massive object has due to its position in a gravitational field. It is...

In physics, a gravitational field or gravitational acceleration field is a vector field used to explain the influences that a body extends into the space...

the gravitational potential (the closer the clock is to the source of gravitation), the slower time passes, speeding up as the gravitational potential increases...

universal gravitation thus takes the form: F = G m 1 m 2 r 2 , {\displaystyle F=G{\frac {m_{1}m_{2}}{r^{2}}},} where F is the gravitational force acting...

radiation) are operating at different gravitational potentials, the oscillator at the higher gravitational potential (farther from the attracting body) will...

The gravity potential is the gravitational potential energy per unit mass. In electrostatics the electric potential is the scalar potential associated...

{\text{def}}{=}}-{\frac {GmM}{r}}} is the gravitational potential energy. In other words, the gravitation field F G m {\displaystyle {\frac {\mathbf...

gravitational potential. When a ball rolls down a hill, it is moving from a higher gravitational potential (higher internal energy thus higher potential for work)...