0 possible when the necessary conditions exist: --
1 someone's or something's ability to develop, achieve, or succeed: --
I think this room has got a lot of potential (= could be very nice if some changes were made to it).
[ + to infinitive ] You have the potential to reach the top of your profession.
I don't feel I'm achieving my full potential in my present job.
The region has enormous potential for economic development.
2 the amount of electricity passing through an electric circuit, measured in volts --
4 Someone’s potential is an ability the person has not yet developed: --
5 able to develop into something in the future when the necessary conditions exist: --
As choreoathetosis is an exceedingly rare complication of bypass with many potential causes, prospective cohort studies are unlikely to provide sufficient delineation of risk factors.
Based on a potential error message, they might modify a word or a sentence that is not in fact wrong and hence make things worse.
The attempts by nationalist activists to use soccer as an organizational and symbolic platform again prove the political potential of soccer.
If the mirroring is too accurate, the perception itself can become a source of fear, and it loses its symbolic potential.
Suppression of the potential well prevents the free electrons from recombination and, thus, no high-energy photon can be emitted.
Electrostatic potential between surfaces bearing ionizable groups in ionic equilibrium with physiologic saline solution.
The results show the potential for considerable reductions in blood use.
Despite monitoring over 1000 potential recruits, this study has illustrated just how rarely a new individual enters the breeding population.
