potential
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1. latent
1. po.ten.tial \p*-'ten-ch*l\ \-'tench-(*-)le-\ aj [ME, fr. LL potentialis,
fr. potentia potentiality, fr. L, power, f]r. potent-, potens 1: existing
in possibility : capable of development into actuality 2: expressing
possibility; specif : of, relating to, or constituti ng a verb phrase
expressing possibility, liberty, or power by the use of an auxiliary with
the infinitive of the verb (as in "it may rain") - po.ten.tial.ly av
2. potential n 1: something that can develop or become actual 2: any of
various functions from which the intensity or the velocity at any point in
a field may be readily calculated, specif : the degree of electrification
as referred to some standard