And then the potential energy, the energy is stored here due to the coulombic force of attraction between the electron and the nucleus.

然后说势能,位能其实就是,由电子和原子核之间的库仑引力而形成的能量。

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That is, you minimize potential energy and you see things falling under the force of gravity and so forthgoing to potential energy minima in conformance with this result.

换句话说，你使得势能最小化,然后发现我们关注的东西,在重力或者其他力的作用下下落,直到势能最小的地方,这和我们刚才的结果是一致的。

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