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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The sum of the attractions between all the pairs of particles of a system, each multiplied by the distance between the pair.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Physics) A certain function relating to a system of forces and their points of application, -- first used by Clausius in the investigation of problems in molecular physics.

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  • adjective Common misspelling of viral.
  • noun mechanics Half of the product of the stress of attraction or repulsion with the distance between two particles.

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