Meaning of potential | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to)
2. The gravitational potential: the radial (irrotational, static) component of a gravitational field, also known as the Newtonian potential or the gravitoelectric field
3. The work (energy) required to move a reference particle from a reference location to a specified location in the presence of a force field, for example to bring a unit positive electric charge from an infinite distance to a specified point against an electric field
4. A verbal construction or form stating something is possible or probable
5. Existing in possibility, not in actuality

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