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potential field
  میدان ِ توند  
meydân-e tavand
Fr.: champ de potentiel  

A field that has a → potential. A continuous → vector fieldA in a domain D is a potential field in D if and only if its → work around every closed curve C contained in D is zero: ∫A.ds = 0.
Examples include the → gravitational field and the → electrostatic field.

See also: → potential; → field.