potential
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)A currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to).
Even from a young age it was clear that she had the potential to become a great musician.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)(physics) The gravitational potential: the radial (irrotational, static) component of a gravitational field, also known as the Newtonian potential or the gravitoelectric field.
- 3.
(countable, uncountable)(physics) The work (energy) required to move a reference particle from a reference location to a specified location in the presence of a force field, for example to bring a unit positive electric charge from an infinite distance to a specified point against an electric field.
- 4.
(countable, uncountable)(grammar) A verbal construction or form stating something is possible or probable.
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(not comparable)Existing in possibility, not in actuality.
Đồng nghĩa: noumenal, spiritual, virtual
- 2.
(archaic, not comparable)Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result
Đồng nghĩa: efficacious, influential
- 3.
(not comparable)(physics, of a field) irrotational
- 4.
(not comparable)(physics, of a flow) irrotational (see potential flow on Wikipedia)
- 5.
(not comparable)(grammar) Referring to a verbal construction of form stating something is possible or probable.
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Nguồn gốc từ
ine-pro From potentialis, from Latin potentia (power), from potens (powerful). potent.