Potential definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary POTEN'TIAL, a. [L. potentialis ... though the qualities are not inherent in the thing; as potential heat or cold. 1. Existing in possibility, not in act. This potential and imaginary materia prima, cannot exist without form. 2. Efficacious; powerful. [Not in use.] Potential cautery, in medicine, is the consuming or reducing to an ... hot iron, the use of which is called actual cautery. Potential mode, in grammar, is that form of the verb which ... r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: existing in possibility; "a potential problem"; "possible uses of nuclear power" [syn: potential, possible] [ ...
Potential cautery definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Potential Po*ten"tial, a. [Cf. F. potentiel. See Potency.] 1 ... efficacious; influential. [Obs.] ``And hath in his effect a voice potential.'' --Shak. 2. Existing in possibility, not in actuality. ``A potential hero.'' --Carlyle. Potential existence means merely that the thing may be at ome ... time; actual existence, that it now is. --Sir W. Hamilton. Potential cautery. See under Cautery. Potential energy. (Mech.) See the ...
potential energy definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the ... body has by virtue of its position; stored energy [syn: potential energy, P.E.] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1853 the ... because of the arrangement of parts Webster's 1913 Dictionary Potential Po*ten"tial, a. [Cf. F. potentiel. See Potency.] 1 ... efficacious; influential. [Obs.] ``And hath in his effect a voice potential.'' --Shak. 2. Existing in possibility, not in actuality. ``A potential hero.'' --Carlyle. Potential existence means merely that the thing may be at ...
Potential mood definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Potential Po*ten"tial, a. [Cf. F. potentiel. See Potency.] 1 ... efficacious; influential. [Obs.] ``And hath in his effect a voice potential.'' --Shak. 2. Existing in possibility, not in actuality. ``A potential hero.'' --Carlyle. Potential existence means merely that the thing may be at ome ... time; actual existence, that it now is. --Sir W. Hamilton. Potential cautery. See under Cautery. Potential energy. (Mech.) See the ...
potential difference definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the ... two points in a circuit expressed in volts [syn: electric potential, potential, potential difference, potential drop, voltage] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1892 the difference in potential between two points that represents the work involved or ...
potential drop definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the ... two points in a circuit expressed in volts [syn: electric potential, potential, potential difference, potential drop, voltage]
electric potential definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the difference ... two points in a circuit expressed in volts [syn: electric potential, potential, potential difference, potential drop, voltage]
potential function definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Potential Po*ten"tial, n. 1. Anything that may be possible ... 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 ...
Newtonian potential definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Potential Po*ten"tial, n. 1. Anything that may be possible ... 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 ...
ionization potential definitions Britannica Concise Amount of energy required to remove an ... from an isolated atom or molecule. There is an ionization potential for each successive electron removed, though that associated with removing ... most loosely held) electron is most commonly used. The ionization potential of an element is a measure of its ability to ...
elastic potential energy definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: potential energy that is stored when a body is deformed (as in a coiled spring) [syn: elastic energy, elastic potential energy]
potential divider definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: resistors ... used to obtain a desired fraction of the voltage [syn: potential divider, voltage divider]
action potential definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the local ... Webster's noun Date: 1926 a momentary reversal in electrical potential across a plasma membrane (as of a nerve cell or ...