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Definition of Potential

Potential 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. Related Definitions: Acting, Actuality, Adequate, Also, An, And, Anything, Are, As, At, Be, Being, By, Called, Center, Charge, Considered, Degree, Determine, Differential, Directed, Distance, Do, Earth, Efficacious, Electrical, Electrification, Electro-Motive, Endowed, Energy, Equal, Existing, Fixed, Force, From, Function, Gravitation, Hence, In, Inversely, Is, It, May, Measured, Newtonian, Not, Of, Or, Other, Point, Position, Possibility, Possible, Potent, Potential, Potentially, Power, Rectangular, Referred, Respect, Result, Some, Space, Square, Standard, Such, That, The, Theory, To, When, Which, With, Work

Potential Quotations Value people on their potential, not on their history. Bo Bennett Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential. Barack Obama Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential. Winston Churchill One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest. Maya Angelou In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. Dwight D. Eisenhower

Potential Translations potential in Italian is fattibile potential in Spanish is dable, potencial

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