potential

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /pəˈtɛnʃəl/    美 /pəˈtɛnʃəl/|/po(ʊ)ˈtɛnʃəl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to). countable,uncountable
    — Even from a young age it was clear that she had the potential to become a great musician.
  2. The gravitational potential: the radial (irrotational, static) component of a gravitational field, also known as the Newtonian potential or the gravitoelectric field. countable,uncountable
  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. countable,uncountable
  4. A verbal construction or form stating something is possible or probable. countable,uncountable
形容词 adj.
  1. Existing in possibility, not in actuality. not-comparable
    — The heroic man,—and is not every man, God be thanked, a potential hero?—has to do so, in all times and circumstances.
  2. Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result archaic,not-comparable
    — And hath, in his effect, a voice potential
  3. irrotational not-comparable
    — From Maxwell equations (6.20) it follows that the electric field is potential: E(r) = −gradφ(r).
  4. irrotational (see potential flow on Wikipedia) not-comparable
    — The non-viscous flow of the vacuum should be potential (irrotational).
  5. Referring to a verbal construction of form stating something is possible or probable. not-comparable

词形变化

potentials plural

词汇关系

近义词
noumenon spirit
反义词
matter phenomenon
衍生词
after-potential afterpotential biopotential eigenpotential electropotential geopotential hydropotential multipotential myopotential overpotential postpotential prepotential pseudopotential quasipotential subpotential superpotential tripotential underpotential vectorpotential zetapotential bipotential electrochemical potential equipotential immunopotential interpotential isopotential nonpotential oligopotential omnipotential potential difference potential energy potentialism potentialist potentialize potentially potential mood potentialness potential temperature potential verb potential well unipotential
相关词
potence potency potent potentate potentiality

词源

词源 1
From Late Latin potentialis, from Latin potentia (“power”), from potens (“powerful”). By surface analysis, potent + -ial.
词源 2
From Late Latin potentialis, from Latin potentia (“power”), from potens (“powerful”). By surface analysis, potent + -ial.
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