Look up: potential

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   potential
   [Adjective] Something capable of becoming something else.
   Example: That pop song is a potential chart topper.
   Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary
   
   
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   potential
   [adj] - existing in possibility 2. [n] - the inherent capacity for coming into being
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   Potential
   The presence of ions at a given point. Loosely speaking, the same thing as 'voltage'.
   Found on http://www.smithsrisca.demon.co.uk/memor
   
   
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   Potential
   The number of people who make up the total population of a selected demographic according to the most recent Census data.
   Found on http://www.agbnielsen.co.uk/agb/index.ph
   
   
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   potential
   the maximum volume of oil or gas that a well is capable of producing, calculated from well test data.
   Found on http://www.workover.co.uk/og/p.htm
   
   
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   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 potential, electrode potential, electrokinetic potential, ...
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   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 energy • A possibility worthy of further consideration for Safety. Category: Nuclear ind...
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   Potential
   Definition (undergraduate level) A potential ϕ ( x ) for a field f ( x ) has the property that f = - ∇ ϕ . If a potential exists for a given field then that field is conservative.
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   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. 2. Existing in possibility, not in actuality. 'A potential hero.' Carlyle. « Potential existence means merely tha ...
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    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 the position of a point, such that its differential coefficients with respect to the coördinates are equal to the components of the force at the point c ...
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    potential
    Existing and ready for action but not yet active. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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    potential
    adjective existing in possibility; `a potential problem`; `possible uses of nuclear power`
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    potential
    potentiality noun the inherent capacity for coming into being
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    Potential
    In physics, a `potential` may refer to the scalar potential or to the vector potential. In either case, it is a field defined in space, from which many important physical properties may be derived. Leading examples are the gravitational potential and the electric potential, from which the motion of gravitating or electrically charged bodies may be obtained. Many entities in physics may be described as vector fields, but it is often easier to wo...
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    potential
    (po-ten´shәl) existing and ready for action, but not active. electric tension or pressure.
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    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 function of the rectangular coordinates which dete...
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    potential
    (L. potential power) existing and ready for action but not yet active.
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    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 growth, development, or coming into being. 5. Something poss...
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    potential
    
    1. the inherent capacity for coming into being
    2. the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
    
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