| ADJECTIVE | all | potential, possible | existing in possibility |
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| all | potential, likely | expected to become or be | |
| NOUN | state | potential, potentiality, potency | the inherent capacity for coming into being |
| phenomenon | potential, electric potential, potential difference, potential drop, voltage | the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts |
| Sounds | pahteh'nchahl; pahteh'nshahl | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | Existing in possibility. | |
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| Example | "a potential problem" | |
| Synonym | possible | |
| Attribute of | potential, potentiality, potency | The inherent capacity for coming into being |
| Narrower | latent | potentially existing but not presently evident / evident or realized |
| Opposite | actual, existent | presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible |
| Spanish | posible, potencial | |
| Catalan | possible, potencial | |
| Nouns | potency | the inherent capacity for coming into being |
| Adverbs | potentially | with a possibility of becoming actual |
| Meaning | Expected to become or be; in prospect. | |
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| Example | "potential clients" | |
| Synonym | likely | |
| Broader | prospective | Of or concerned with or related to the future |
| Spanish | posible, potencial | |
| Catalan | potencial | |
| Nouns | potentiality, potency | the inherent capacity for coming into being |
| Meaning | The inherent capacity for coming into being. | |
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| Synonyms | potentiality, potency | |
| Attributes | potential, possible | Existing in possibility |
| Narrower | latency | The state of being not yet evident / evident or active / active |
| prospect, chance | The possibility of future success | |
| Broader | possibility, possibleness | capability of existing or happening / happening / happening or being true |
| Spanish | potencial | |
| Catalan | potencial | |
| Meaning | The difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | electric potential, potential difference, potential drop, voltage | |
| Narrower | evoked potential | The electrical response of the central nervous system produced by an external stimulus |
| resting potential | The potential difference between the two sides of the membrane of a nerve cell when the cell is not conducting an impulse | |
| Broader | electrical phenomenon | A physical phenomenon involving electricity |
| Spanish | potencial, tensión, voltaje | |
| Catalan | diferència de potencial, potencial elèctric, potencial, voltatge | |
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