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potential well

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noun

  1. physics a localized region in a field of force in which the potential has a deep minimum

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“Wildman” Steve Brill knows its potential well; he began foraging in the heart of Manhattan in the 1980s.

From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2022

On one end of the waveguide, prepare a particle—ideally an electron or some particle of matter—in its lowest energy, or ground, state and trap it in a bowl-shaped electric potential well.

From Scientific American • Oct. 21, 2021

If you don’t play to potential, well, why not do whatever they have to do?

From Chicago Tribune • Jul. 16, 2011

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