potential

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1. potential - Noun

2. potential - Adjective

3. potential - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result; efficacious; influential.

Existing in possibility, not in actuality.

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.

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potential clients Source: Internet

a potential problem Source: Internet

possible uses of nuclear power Source: Internet

“Aberdeen will want a conveyor belt of players coming through that can go into the first-team and potential be sold on and make the club good money. Source: Internet

Abe’s potential successors in the LDP include Policy Research Council Chairman Fumio Kishida, who has indicated readiness to carry on Abe’s policies, and former Secretary-General Shigeru Ishiba, who seeks a change. Source: Internet

A bold statement wall can say the wrong thing to potential buyers if the workmanship is questionable. Source: Internet

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