Potential(a.) Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result; efficacious; influential.
Potential(a.) Existing in possibility, not in actuality.
Potential(n.) Anything that may be possible; a possibility; potentially.
Potential(n.) 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.
Potential(n.) 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.
Potentiality(n.) The quality or state of being potential; possibility, not actuality; inherent capability or disposition, not actually exhibited.
Potentially(adv.) With power; potently.
Potentially(adv.) In a potential manner; possibly, not positively.
Potentiate(v. t.) To render active or potent.
Potentiated(imp. & p. p.) of Potentiate
Potentiating(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Potentiate
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