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Meaning of 'potential' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Potential [ a.]
- Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result; efficacious; influential.
- Existing in possibility, not in actuality.
2 . Potential [ n.]
- Anything that may be possible; a possibility; potentially.
- In the theory of gravitation, or of other forces acting in space, a function of the rectangular coordinates which determine the position of a point, such that its differential coefficients with respect to the coordinates are equal to the components of the force at the point considered; -- also called potential function, or force function. It is called also Newtonian potential when the force is directed to a fixed center and is inversely as the square of the distance from the center.
- The energy of an electrical charge measured by its power to do work; hence, the degree of electrification as referred to some standard, as that of the earth; electro-motive force.

Meaning of 'potential' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . potential [ a]
Meaning (1):
- existing in possibility
Example in sentence:
  • a potential problem;
  • possible uses of nuclear power
2 . potential [ s]
Meaning (2):
- expected to become or be; in prospect
Example in sentence:
  • potential clients

Nearby Words:

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