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I often use "configurational energy" as a preferred synonym for
"potential energy". Using the phrase "configurational energy" helps
avoid two common misconceptions about potential energy, because it
doesn't imply that the quantity isn't really energy, and it implies that
the energy is due to an interaction between two or more objects.