释义 |
potentialize, v.|pəʊˈtɛnʃəlaɪz| [f. potential + -ize.] trans. To make potential, give potentiality to; spec. in reference to energy, To convert into a potential condition. Hence poˈtentialized ppl. a., poˈtentializing vbl. n.; potentialiˈzation, the action of making potential.
1856P. Fairbairn Prophecy ii. iii. iv. 431 note, The six highly potentialized—three times repeated (666) is the utmost that could be assigned him for a symbolical indication of his nature—this is the number of his name. 1865tr. Strauss' New Life Jesus II. ii. lxxix. 273 Neander's attempt to substitute a mere potentialization of the water for vinous properties. 1886Amer. Jrnl. Sci. Ser. iii. XXXI. 120 At the extreme configurations of any simple vibration, the energy of the simple movement is entirely potentialized. 1889Nature 3 Oct. 562/1 With a given metal, there is large potentializing in the first stages of strain, and large dissipation in the final stages. |