potential
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (physics) The gravitational potential: the radial (irrotational, static) component of a gravitational field, also known as the Newtonian potential or the gravitoelectric field.countableuncountable
2. (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.countableuncountable
3. (grammar) A verbal construction or form stating something is possible or probable.countableuncountable
adj (English)
1. (archaic) Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a resultExamples: "And hath, in his effect, a voice potential"Synonyms: efficacious, influentialarchaicnot-comparable
2. (physics, of a field) irrotationalExamples: "From Maxwell equations (6.20) it follows that the electric field is potential: E(r) = −gradφ(r)."not-comparable
3. (physics, of a flow) irrotational (see potential flow on Wikipedia)Examples: "The non-viscous flow of the vacuum should be potential (irrotational)."not-comparable
4. (grammar) Referring to a verbal construction of form stating something is possible or probable.not-comparable
Definition source: Wiktionary