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What does the 'displacement' refer to in the definition of work?

Does energy have a sign?

Work done by magnetic field on current carrying conductor

How much energy do you need to levitate/counteract gravity without any displacement or change in height?

Why is work done equal to $-pdV$ only applicable for a reversible process?

Why are work and energy considered different in physics when the units are the same?

Why is ascending some stairs more exhausting than descending?

What exactly makes a force conservative?

Why is work done defined the way it is? What's the intuition here?

How is the work done to push a planet over 1m with 1N the same as pushing a feather over 1m with 1N?