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单词 potentiality
释义 po·ten·ti·al·i·ty
\pəˌtenchēˈaləd.ē, pōˌ-, -ətē, -i also (ˌ)pōˌtenˈcha- or pəˌtenˈcha-\ noun
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Etymology: Medieval Latin potentialitat-, potentialitas, from Late Latin potentialis potential, powerful + Latin -itat-, -itas -ity
1. : the capacity or possibility for changing or developing into a state of actuality
 < the magnificent richness of human potentiality and the paltriness of human achievement — Paul Pickrel >
 < economic potentiality >
 < growth potentiality >
 < propaganda potentiality >
 < war potentiality >
2. : potential 1
 < present at birth as potentialities which later grow and develop — Abram Kardiner >
 < possible risks which have been seized upon as actualities when they have been merely potentialities — T.S.Eliot >
3. archaic : the quality or state of being potent
 < I have the power, the potentiality of walking — S.T.Coleridge >
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