potential
adjective
1. existing in possibility
- a potential problem
Similar word(s): latent, possible
2. expected to become or be; in prospect
- potential clients
Similar word(s): prospective, likely
Sentences with potential as an adjective:
- The heroic man,—and is not every man, God be thanked, a potential hero?—has to do so, in all times and circumstances.[5]
- And hath, in his effect, a voice potential[6]
- From Maxwell equations (6.20) it follows that the electric field is potential: E(r)
- The non-viscous flow of the vacuum should be potential (irrotational).[8]
noun
1. the inherent capacity for coming into being
Similar word(s): potency, potentiality
Definition categories: state, possibility, possibleness
2. the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
Similar word(s): voltage
Definition categories: phenomenon
Sentences with potential as a noun:
- Even from a young age it was clear that she had the potential to become a great musician.