potentialnessn.
/pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)lnəs/, U.S. /pəˈtɛn(t)ʃ(ə)lnəs/ rare.
Potentiality.
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society > authority > power > [noun]
i-waldeOE
armOE
craftOE
mightOE
poustiea1275
mound?a1300
powerc1300
force1303
mighta1325
wielda1325
mightiheada1382
mightinessc1390
mightheada1400
mightinga1400
puissance1420
mightfulnessa1425
vallente1475
potence1483
state1488
potencya1500
potestation?c1500
potent1512
puissantness1552
sinew1560
puissancy1562
potentness1581
powerableness1591
powerfulnessc1595
potestatea1600
pollency1623
potentiality1627
potentialness1668
poust1827
mana1843
magnum force1977
the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] > strong or powerful
craftOE
strengthOE
powerc1300
forcec1340
foisona1400
ability?1473
potence1483
potencya1500
valency1623
potentiality1627
potentialness1668
muscularity1871
firepower1945
the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > potentiality > [noun]
possea1592
making1623
potentiality1625
potentialness1668
existibility1677
pregnancy1818
the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > [noun]
mainOE
mightOE
strengthOE
efficace?c1225
bootingc1300
effectc1390
powera1393
boota1400
efficacity1430
operationc1450
valure1483
feck1495
efficacy1527
effectualness1545
effectuousnessa1576
validity1593
effectiveness1607
workingness1611
efficaciousnessa1628
operativeness1627
efficiency1633
effectualitya1641
energy1668
availablenessa1676
availment1699
potentialness1727
affectingnessa1774
effectivity1838
efficience1865
well working1879
1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 28 Potentialness, Reversion, may, can.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Potentialness, Powerfulness, Efficacy.
1930 G. Greene Two Witnesses 135 The turning of potentialness into creative life.
1973 SIAM Jrnl. Appl. Math. 24 81 The conditions of potentialness for the operator formulation of the problem of nonlinear plane cavity flows past a flexible barrier are investigated.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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