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potentional

potentional is the nonstandard form of potential.

Meaning of potential

Noun

potential (countable and uncountable, plural potentials)

  1. A currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to).
    • 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.
  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.
  4. A verbal construction or form stating something is possible or probable.

See all 9 meanings of potential

Forms of potentional

pluralpotentionals

Questions about potentional

What is potentional the nonstandard form of?
Potentional is the nonstandard form of potential.

Words near potentional in the dictionary

  1. potentiometre
  2. potentiometres
  3. potentiometric
  4. potentiometrically
  5. potentiometry
  6. potentional
  7. potentionally
  8. potentionals
  9. potentiostat
  10. potentiostatic
  11. potentiostatically

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Adapted from Wiktionary: potentional (page history and authors); potential (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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