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The correct spelling is potential.
How to pronounce potential
/pəˈtɛnʃəl/
nounIPA: /pəˈtɛnʃəl/
Say it like: Pot-ent-ial
The correct spelling is potential. Currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to) For example: "Even from a young age it was clear that she had the potential to become a great musician."
Usage Examples
“Even from a young age it was clear that she had the potential to become a great musician.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to)
- 2.The gravitational potential: the radial (irrotational, static) component of a gravitational field, also known as the Newtonian potential or the gravitoelectric field.
- 3.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.(grammar) A verbal construction or form stating something is possible or probable.
adjective
- 1.Existing in possibility, not in actuality.
- 2.Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result
- 3.A potential field is an irrotational (static) field.
- 4.A potential flow is an irrotational flow.
- 5.(grammar) Referring to a verbal construction of form stating something is possible or probable.
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