potential

Definitions

1. 1adjective

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

2. 2adjective

   Existing in possibility, not in actuality.

3. 3noun

   Anything that may be possible; a possibility; potentially.

4. 4noun

   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.

5. 5noun

   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.

6. 6noun

   the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts

   Synonyms

   voltage
7. 7noun

   the inherent capacity for coming into being

   Synonyms

   potencypotentiality
8. 8adjective

   existing in possibility

   "a potential problem"

   "possible uses of nuclear power"

   Synonyms

   possible
9. 9adjective

   expected to become or be; in prospect

   "potential clients"

   Synonyms

   likely