POTENTIAL

9 letters 11 Scrabble points /pəˈtɛnʃəl/

Definition of POTENTIAL

noun

  1. 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.

Related words: noumenon spirit
adjective

  1. Existing in possibility, not in actuality.

    Synonyms: noumenal spiritual virtual

  2. Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result

    Synonyms: efficacious influential

  3. A potential field is an irrotational (static) field.

Related words: efficacious influential noumenal spiritual virtual

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters P O T E N T I A L
Length 9 letters
Scrabble Score 11 points

Anagrams of POTENTIAL

Words that use the same letters:

PELTATION

Words Containing "POTENTIAL"

AFTERPOTENTIAL BIOPOTENTIAL BIPOTENTIALITY EQUIPOTENTIAL GEOPOTENTIAL INEQUIPOTENTIAL NONPOTENTIAL OVERPOTENTIAL PLENIPOTENTIAL POTENTIALITY POTENTIALITIES POTENTIALIZE POTENTIALLY POTENTIALNESS POTENTIALS PREPOTENTIAL TOTIPOTENTIAL UNIPOTENTIAL VENTRIPOTENTIAL

Words Starting with "POTENTIAL"

POTENTIALITY POTENTIALITIES POTENTIALIZE POTENTIALLY POTENTIALNESS POTENTIALS

Words Ending with "POTENTIAL"

AFTERPOTENTIAL BIOPOTENTIAL EQUIPOTENTIAL GEOPOTENTIAL INEQUIPOTENTIAL NONPOTENTIAL OVERPOTENTIAL PLENIPOTENTIAL PREPOTENTIAL TOTIPOTENTIAL UNIPOTENTIAL VENTRIPOTENTIAL