potentialities: signification et définitions

Capable of being but not yet in existence; latent or undeveloped: a potential problem; a substance with many potential uses.

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 future success: an investment with a lot of potential; a singer who has the potential to become a major star.

The possibility that something might happen or result from given conditions: a tense situation with the potential to turn into a riot; farming practices that increase the potential for the erosion of topsoil.

Physics See electric potential. See gravitational potential. See magnetic potential.

Grammar A potential verb form.