The energy possessed by an object because of its position (in a gravitational or electric field), or its condition (as a stretched or compressed spring, as a chemical reactant, or by having rest mass).

The potential energy in an electric cell or battery.

(electricity) The potential energy per unit charge at a point in a static electric field.

Alternative spelling of afterpotential

(physiology) A short-term change in the electrical potential that travels along a cell such as a nerve or muscle fiber.

electrokinetic potential

The measurable brain response to a specific sensory, cognitive, or motor event.

(informal) Lennard-Jones potential

(meteorology) a quantity which is proportional to the product of vorticity and stratification. When applied to air parcels, aids the understanding of cyclogenesis

plural of potential vorticity