dipoleA pair of two equal and opposite electic charges |
electric potentialthe work done per unit charge by an external agent in bringing a small point positive charge from infinity to a point |
electric potential energythe work that needs to be done by an external agent in order to bring a set of charges from where they were separated by infinite distance to their current position |
equipotential surfacesset of points that have the same potential |
escape velocitythe minimum speed at launch so that a particle can move to infinity and never return |
gravitational potentialthe work done per unit mass by an external agent in bringing a small point mass from infinity to a point |
gravitational potential energythe work that must be performed by an external agent to raise a mass to a certain height from a position where the height is zero, or to bing a set of masses to their current position from when they were separated by an infinite distance |
parallel platestwo parallel and equally but oppositely charged plates |
Schwarzschild radiusthe distance from the centre of a star where the escape speed is the speed of light |