potential: значение и определения

Capable of being but not yet in existence; latent: a potential problem.

Having possibility, capability, or power.

Grammar Of, relating to, or being a verbal construction with auxiliaries such as may or can; for example, it may snow.

The inherent ability or capacity for growth, development, or coming into being.

Something possessing the capacity for growth or development.

Grammar A potential verb form.

Physics The work required to move a unit of positive charge, a magnetic pole, or an amount of mass from a reference point to a designated point in a static electric, magnetic, or gravitational field; potential energy.

See potential difference.