potential
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Synonyms: potentia, potentiate, potentite, potentize, potentiary, potentials, bipotential, potentise, potestal, rodential
Antonyms: potentia, potentiate, potentite, potentize, potentiary, potentials, bipotential, potentise, potestal, rodential
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Noun
- A currently unrealized [[ability]] (with the most common [[adposition]] being ''to'').
- {{lb|en|physics}} The [[wikipedia:gravitational potential|gravitational potential]]: the [[radial]] (irrotational, static) component of a gravitational field, also known as the [[wikipedia:Newtonian potential|Newtonian potential]] or the gravitoelectric field.
- {{lb|en|physics}} The work (energy) required to move a reference particle from a reference location to a specified location in the presence of a force [[field]], for example to bring a unit positive electric charge from an infinite distance to a specified point against an electric field.
- {{lb|en|grammar}} A verbal construction or form stating something is possible or probable.
Adjective
- Existing in [[possibility]], not in [[actuality]].
- {{lb|en|archaic}} Being [[potent]]; [[endowed]] with energy adequate to a result
- {{lb|en|physics|of a field}} [[irrotational]]
- {{lb|en|physics|of a flow}} [[irrotational]] {{q|see {{w|potential flow}} on Wikipedia}}
- {{lb|en|grammar}} Referring to a verbal construction of form stating something is possible or probable.
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