| 单词 | potential |
| 释义 | potential adj. & n. --adj capable of coming into being or action; latent. --n 1. the capacity for use or development; possibility (achieved its highest potential). 2. usable resources. 3. Physics the quantity determining the energy of mass in a gravitational field or of charge in an electric field. Phrases and idioms potential barrier a region of high potential impeding the movement of particles etc. potential difference the difference of electric potential between two points. potential energy a body's ability to do work by virtue of its position relative to others, stresses within itself, electric charge, etc. Derivatives potentiality n. potentialize v.tr. (also -ise). potentially adv. Etymology: ME f. OF potencial or LL potentialis f. potentia (as POTENT(1)) |
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