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Variant of potential

potential Definition

po·ten·tial (pō tens̸həl, pə-)

adjective

  1. that has power; potent
  2. that can, but has not yet, come into being; possible; latent; unrealized; undeveloped
  3. Gram. expressing possibility, capability, power, etc. the potential mood

Etymology: ME potenciall < ML potentialis < L potentia: see potent

noun

  1. something potential; a potentiality
  2. Elec. the difference in voltage between two points in an electric circuit or field
  3. Gram.
    1. the potential mood or aspect
    2. a construction or form in this mood or aspect
  4. Physics a function whose mathematical derivative is a physical field, as a force or an electric or magnetic field

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modif.

conceivably, imaginably, possibly; see likely 1, maybe, probably.