Interaction energy
Contribution to the total energy caused by interactions between entities present in the system / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In physics, interaction energy is the contribution to the total energy that is caused by an interaction between the objects being considered.
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The interaction energy usually depends on the relative position of the objects. For example, is the electrostatic interaction energy between two objects with charges
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