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SCALAR POTENTIAL [1 record]

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Record 1 2009-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Descriptive Geometry
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Physics
DEF

A scalar function whose negative gradient is equal to some vector field, at least when this field is time-independent; for example, the potential energy of a particle in a conservative force field, and the electrostatic potential.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géométrie descriptive
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Physique
CONT

Si le rotationnel d'un champ vectoriel est nul, alors on peut écrire ce champ vectoriel sous forme du gradient d'une fonction scalaire, c'est le potentiel scalaire [...]

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