Potential difference

The name given to a region in an electric circuit in which charged particles would tend to move from one place to another. When using a gravitational analogy, potential difference is a difference in height. The greater the physical height in the analogy, the greater the potential difference in the electric circuit.

Source: National Science Teachers Association (NSTApress)


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