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Potential energy of a particle inside a magnetic vector potential

Why is the potential energy of a particle inside a magnetic vector potential equal to $-\frac{e}{c}\cdot\vec{A}(\vec{x}(t))\cdot\dot{\vec{x}}(t)$? It appears for example inside the lagrangian of the ...
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