short-range potential
C14906
concept
A short-range potential is an interaction whose strength falls off rapidly with distance, becoming negligible beyond a finite or characteristic range compared to the system’s relevant length scales.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| short-range potential canonical | 1 |
| van der Waals force | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: short-range potential
Generated description
A short-range potential is an interaction whose strength falls off rapidly with distance, becoming negligible beyond a finite or characteristic range compared to the system’s relevant length scales.
Instances (2)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| London dispersion forces | van der Waals force |
| Yukawa potential | — |