Potential

[pəˈtenʃl] or [pə'tɛnʃl]

解释:

(noun.) the inherent capacity for coming into being.

(adj.) existing in possibility; 'a potential problem'; 'possible uses of nuclear power' .

手打:穆里尔--From WordNet

解释:

(a.) Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result; efficacious; influential.

(a.) Existing in possibility, not in actuality.

(n.) Anything that may be possible; a possibility; potentially.

(n.) In the theory of gravitation, or of other forces acting in space, a function of the rectangular coordinates which determine the position of a point, such that its differential coefficients with respect to the coordinates are equal to the components of the force at the point considered; -- also called potential function, or force function. It is called also Newtonian potential when the force is directed to a fixed center and is inversely as the square of the distance from the center.

(n.) The energy of an electrical charge measured by its power to do work; hence, the degree of electrification as referred to some standard, as that of the earth; electro-motive force.

编辑:罗达

同义词及近义词：

a. Possible, IN POSSE.

手打:特伦斯

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Possible, implicit, undeveloped, germinative, immanent, virtual

ANT:Actual, explicit, developed, objective, real, express

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