Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - potential
Potential
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adj. & n. --adj. capable of coming into being or action; latent. --n. 1 the capacity for use or development; possibility (achieved its highest potential). 2 usable resources. 3 Physics the quantity determining the energy of mass in a gravitational field or of charge in an electric field. Phrases and idioms potential barrier a region of high potential impeding the movement of particles etc. potential difference the difference of electric potential between two points. potential energy a body's ability to do work by virtue of its position relative to others, stresses within itself, electric charge, etc. Derivatives potentiality n. potentialize v.tr. (also -ise). potentially adv. Etymology: ME f. OF potencial or LL potentialis f. potentia (as POTENT(1))
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I. adjective Etymology: Middle English potencial, from Late Latin ~is, from potentia ~ity, from Latin, power, from potent-, potens Date: 14th century existing in possibility ; capable of development into actuality , expressing possibility, see: latent ~ly adverb II. noun Date: 1817 1. something that can develop or become actual , promise 2, 2. any of various functions from which the intensity or the velocity at any point in a field may be readily calculated, the work required to move a unit positive charge from a reference point (as at infinity) to a point in question, ~ difference ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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