Look up: Potential

1. Potential
   The voltage in a circuit. Reference is usually to the AC Voltage.
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2. potential
   [Adjective] Something capable of becoming something else.
   Example: That pop song is a potential chart topper.
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3. potential
   [adj] - existing in possibility 2. [n] - the inherent capacity for coming into being
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4. Potential
   The presence of ions at a given point. Loosely speaking, the same thing as 'voltage'.
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5. Potential
   The number of people who make up the total population of a selected demographic according to the most recent Census data.
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6. potential
   the maximum volume of oil or gas that a well is capable of producing, calculated from well test data.
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7. potential
   Any of various functions from which intensity or velocity at any point in a field may be calculated. The driving influence of an electrochemical reaction. See also active potential, chemical potential, corrosion potential, critical pitting potential, decomposition potential, electrochemical potentia...
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8. potential
   a quantity that in an electric field,is analogous to elevation or level in a gravity field and that is measured at any point by the potential energy of a unit positive charge placed at that point and reckored with reference to some arbitrary zero of potential Category: Electrical engineering and ...
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9. Potential
   Po·ten'tial adjective [ Confer French potentiel . See Potency .] 1. Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result; efficacious; influential. [ Obsolete] 'And hath in his effect a voice potential .' Shak.
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10. Potential
    Po·ten'tial noun 1. Anything that may be possible; a possibility; potentially. Bacon. 2. (Math.) In the theory of gravitation, or of other forces acting in space, a function of the rectangular coordinates which determine t...
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11. potential
    Existing and ready for action but not yet active. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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12. potential
    adjective existing in possibility; `a potential problem`; `possible uses of nuclear power`
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13. potential
    potentiality noun the inherent capacity for coming into being
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14. potential
    (po-ten´shәl) existing and ready for action, but not active. electric tension or pressure.
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15. Potential
    • (n.) Anything that may be possible; a possibility; potentially. • (a.) Existing in possibility, not in actuality. • (a.) Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result; efficacious; influential. • (n.) In the theory of gravitation, or of other forces acting in space, a ...
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16. potential
    (L. potential power) existing and ready for action but not yet active.
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17. potential
    potential 1. Capable of being but not yet in existence; latent: 'It was a potential problem.' 2. Having the possibility, capability, or power. 3. Relating to, or being a verbal construction with auxiliaries such as may or can; for example, 'it may snow'. 4. The inherent ability or capacity for gro...
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18. potential
    
    • the inherent capacity for coming into being
    • the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
    
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19. potential
    Type: Term Pronunciation: pō-tent′shăl Definitions: 1. Capable of doing or being, although not yet in course of doing or being; possible, but not actual. 2. A state of tension in an electric source enabling it to do work under suitable conditions; in relation to electricity, potentia...
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