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Existing in possibility, not in actuality. / (archaic) Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result / (physics) A potential field is an irrotational (static) field.

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Source Word

potential

IPA(Pronunciation)

/pəˈtɛnʃəl/

Adjective

not-comparable archaic

Existing in possibility, not in actuality. / (archaic) Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result / (physics) A potential field is an irrotational (static) field.

Japanese Meaning

1. 実際には存在していなくても、起こりうる可能性・潜在性がある状態。 / 2. （古語で）力が充分に備わっている、成果を生む能力があるという意味。 / 3. （物理学で）回転せず静的な場、すなわちポテンシャル場の意味。