potential
potential: adj. & n. --adj. capable of coming into being or action; latent. --n.
1 the capacity for use or development; possibility (achieved its highest potential).
2 usable resources.
3 Physics the quantity determining the energy of mass in a gravitational field or of charge in an electric field. øpotential barrier a region of high potential impeding the movement of particles etc. potential difference the difference of electric potential between two points. potential energy a body's ability to do work by virtue of its position relative to others, stresses within itself, electric charge, etc. øøpotentiality n. potentialize v.tr. (also -ise). potentially adv. [ME f. OF potencial or LL potentialis f. potentia (as POTENT(1))]
Most popular pairs with potential
action potential
human potential
potential energy
potential clients
potential relay
potential relays
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