Gravitational Potential Energy

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
GPE
Pronunciation
/ˌgrævɪˈteɪʃənəl pəˈtɛnʃəl ˈɛnərʤi/
Category
Business
Related Field
Accounting

Examples in Context

  1. This is the gravitational potential energy.
  2. So you're using, then, the conversion of gravitational potential energy to kinetic energy.
  3. Let me first give you the formal definition of gravitational potential energy.
  4. Notice that the gravitational potential energy increases.
  5. B1 which is closer to the Earth, notice that the gravitational potential energy decreases.

Other meanings of GPE