Potential
Meanings and phrases
potential
- existing in possibility; possible
- expected to become or be; in prospect; likely
potential
- the inherent capacity for coming into being; potentiality; potency
- the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts; electric potential; potential difference; potential drop; voltage
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- the local voltage change across the cell wall as a nerve impulse is transmitted
- which provided one of the earliest quantitative models of the action potential.
- Using electromyography to record the muscle action potential of the larynx (i.e.
- A dendritic spike is initiated in the same manner as that of an axonal action potential.
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- (neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph; brainwave; brain wave
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- potential energy that is stored when a body is deformed (as in a coiled spring); elastic energy
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- the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts; potential; potential difference; potential drop; voltage
- The SI unit of electric potential is named in his honour as the volt.
- The electric potential arising between two such solutions is called the Donnan potential.
- In classical electrodynamics, electric fields are described as electric potential and electric current.
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- the electrical response of the central nervous system produced by an external stimulus
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- the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts; electric potential; potential; potential drop; voltage
- A potential difference of 1 volt causes an electron to gain an amount of energy (i.e., ).
- The potential difference mentioned for batteries and cells is usually the open-circuit voltage.
- 1 Ω is the resistance that will produce a potential difference of one volt in response to a current of one amp.
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- resistors connected in series across a voltage source; used to obtain a desired fraction of the voltage; voltage divider
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- the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts; electric potential; potential; potential difference; voltage
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- the mechanical energy that a body has by virtue of its position; stored energy; P.E.
- Every conservative force has a potential energy.
- These rest states need not have equal potential energy.
- For this purpose, interperticle potential energy is disregarded.
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- a measure of the potential energy of a unit charge at a given point in a circuit relative to a reference point (ground)
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- the potential difference between the two sides of the membrane of a nerve cell when the cell is not conducting an impulse
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- They have some good riffs but they seem to not be carried out to their full potential."
- By embracing anxiety as inevitable, a person can use it to achieve his full potential in life.
- This school was never allowed to develop to its full potential as it was soon destroyed by the Normans.
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- The place has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Queensland's history.
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- The country has great potential for hydroelectric power.
- The thinking prevailed that the prairies had great potential.
- Now, with VfL, he has the chance to develop his great potential."
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- Diagnosis involves ruling out other potential causes.
- The other potential formula_30 is
- It may only be diagnosed once all other potential serious causes are excluded.
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- The main potential threat to the species is illegal collection.
- The new position represented a significant potential threat to Grant.
- Otho and Vitellius realized the potential threat posed by the Flavian faction.
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- As more ions enter the cell, the membrane potential continues to rise.
- This increased chloride ion influx hyperpolarizes the neuron's membrane potential.
- In sum, they interfere with fundamental processes that regulate membrane potential.
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- The place has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Queensland's history.
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- NIFTY Next 50 constituents are thus potential candidates for future inclusion in NIFTY 50.
- CNTs are potential candidates for future via and wire material in nano-scale VLSI circuits.
- He presented himself as one of the potential candidates in Somalia's 2012 presidential elections.
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- Usually this signals the end of the group until potential future reunions.
- They achieved some decent results and Wesselink felt a potential future in this sport.
- 4 (27) [26]: In the dungeon Alexius introduces Ursel to Anna as a potential future husband.
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- These people are seen as potential customers and future independent employees.
- The ultimate goal of sales promotions is to stimulate potential customers to action.
- Suoh hand picks the members with variety of appeal in mind for their potential customers.
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- She was also rejected as a potential candidate for the London Assembly.
- A potential candidate for the supernova remnant is the neutron star Geminga.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina is therefore a potential candidate country for EU accession.
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- Boron nitride has potential use in nanotechnology.
- There is more potential use of CLOS for Common Lisp.
- A potential use for quadrangular algebras is to analyze two open questions.
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- as a potential new member.
- In 1987, a television pilot for a potential new "Saint" TV series was broadcast on CBS.
- In the unaired WB pilot episode for a potential new series, Victoria Winters was played by Marley Shelton.
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- According to Straczynski, the first meeting with potential buyers was with Netflix.
- Further, potential buyers would be exposed to the name and product when traveling to other countries.
- They disguise themselves as potential buyers of their house and, in the end, they get it back on Holi.
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- They accept a trade-off against the high potential for disastrous eruptions.
- The C2C model shows high potential for reducing the financial cost of industrial systems.
- They have a very high potential for abuse and have one of the highest addiction rates for all drugs.
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- This program especially targets children under age six for maximal potential impact.
- Their emergence in the sixteenth century hints at a potential impact of Persian designs.
- One anonymous SAP member likened the potential impact of the study to the Goldstone Report.
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- There are a number of potential concerns in this regard.
- Miriam finds a number of potential allies in her travels.
- Some measures of vector control include: A number of potential vaccines are currently being tested.
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- He believed the boiler house had the potential to become a similar project.
- The review predicted that this film had potential to become a "cult" or "classic" film in future.
- The crew could not tell where it was coming from, and the issue had the potential to become serious.
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- Again, a more detailed study is needed to determine the potential benefits of white-eye pollination.
- Chelation is not recommended for people with ASD since the associated risks outweigh any potential benefits.
- Traits that function as fitness indicators are those revealing potential benefits rooted in genetic qualities.
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- It may face potential threats from overexploitation and degradation of its habitat.
- Future potential threats are chemicals such as rodenticides, predation by domestic dogs and diseases.
- More research needs to be done to understand the value of the reserve and the potential threats it faces.
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- (where "μ" is the standard chemical potential).
- where "μ" is in this case a partial molar Gibbs energy, a chemical potential.
- The chemical potential of a reagent A is a function of the activity, {A} of that reagent.
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- S-layers have many potential biotechnology applications.
- The period in which the decline occurred had a great many potential culprits.
- Curve448 is constructed such that it avoids many potential implementation pitfalls.
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- He was very generous and saw the potential in others.
- As early as the 1970s, he saw the potential in personal computers.
- Later, he saw the potential in his native Konkani language, which became his lifelong work.
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- Class I devices present the lowest potential risk and do not require a licence.
- There has been little talk of the potential risk of increased promiscuity ("z'nut").
- This can potentially exaggerate the relation between a potential risk factor and the disease.
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- Dendrimers have potential applications in sensors.
- This expands potential applications for phytases.
- The potential applications of the technology could be even broader.
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- Commitment of funding from potential investors was being sought.
- Once this intelligence has been gathered, the agent will formally market the deal to potential investors.
- This canal has never been built in part because of political instability, which scared off potential investors.
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- The consumption of the human placenta is a potential source of infection.
- Another potential source of error was a Lorentz force arising from power leads.
- Sweet sorghum is another potential source of ethanol, and is suitable for growing in dryland conditions.
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- (Correspondingly, the system's gravitational potential energy density also varies with altitude.)
- This is a result of stored gravitational potential energy seeking a path of release over friction.
- At its highest points the kinetic energy is zero and the gravitational potential energy is at maximum.
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- A chemist named Angelo Mariani who read Mantegazza's paper became immediately intrigued with coca and its economic potential.
- The city's huge economic potential is in the strategic geographical location being close to Zagreb, Belgrade, Budapest and Vienna.
- It nevertheless concluded that the islands made a net contribution to the British economy and had economic potential for development.
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- Unlike Durand, Demets saw commercial potential in the amusing novelty of the "Préludes".
- They've got to find the balance between his commercial potential and his contribution to the community.
- One of the first CD markets was devoted to reissuing popular music whose commercial potential was already proven.
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- Several potential predators are known, being almost exclusively avian raptors.
- This camouflage protects them against potential predators that may be lurking in the water.
- Poisonous species often use bright colouring to warn potential predators of their toxicity.
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- Color codes do present some potential problems.
- JDEM has recognized several potential problems of the SNAP project:
- Much more work is needed here to define the extent of the potential problems.
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- Hubbell pleaded guilty to one charge of failing to disclose a potential conflict of interest from ten years earlier.
- This potential conflict relates to the design of the helmet used in the situation to which each of the parties most frequently responds.
- The DoD also does not believe the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists could be applied to a potential conflict with Iran.
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- The archaeological potential was also reported as being high at that time.
- Historical records indicate that this former cemetery site has high archaeological potential.
- There is also excellent archaeological potential in the park and cemetery for evidence of early burials.
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- Therefore, potential risks of side effects and effectiveness depend on the type of antibiotic administered.
- The development of genetic engineering technology led to concerns in the scientific community about potential risks.
- Given the potential risks surrounding the procedure, cerebral biopsy is indicated only if other diagnostic approaches (e.g.
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- Price indices have several potential uses.
- JDEM has recognized several potential problems of the SNAP project:
- There are several potential signs that a person may be suffering from compulsive overeating.
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- The program is open to all potential students.
- Things such as calibration errors, stray light, and incorrect settings, are all potential issues.
- As all potential voters are also consumers, consumer protection has a clear political significance.
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- Lost source accidents have the potential to cause a considerable loss of human life.
- Widow maker A widow maker is something that has the potential to cause sudden loss of life.
- This discrepancy between the ideals of the ERG and the ideals of other employees has the potential to cause rifts.
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- This is another potential danger to the sangai habitat.
- The wind effects also created potential danger for the cast and crew.
- Another potential danger is the UV production of ozone, which can be harmful to one's health.
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- Her appearance is the first time the Watchers' Council has been shown to identify potential Slayers.
- A reflexivity journal is often used to identify potential codes that were not initially pertinent to the study.
- He became an expert in the study of indicator minerals to identify potential strikes, the key to his later success.
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- Algae is being considered a potential solution for world hunger problem.
- In 2008, Madigan was considered a potential candidate for Governor of Illinois or the United States Senate.
- Serving on the House Naval Affairs Committee, Izac was considered a potential candidate for greater positions of power.
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- The index identifies emerging nations that have strong growth potential based on energy reserves and GDP.
- The F2 is designed as a supplement to the Fennek and is intended to provide a maximum of mobility, protection and growth potential.
- Reflecting the growth potential built into the original 767 design, the wings, engines, and most systems were largely unchanged on the 767-300.
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- This camouflage protects them against potential predators that may be lurking in the water.
- Some researchers argue that field experiments are a better guard against potential bias and biased estimators.
- In most cases, the dunes are important in protecting the land against potential ravages by storm waves from the sea.
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- The opinion of major health organizations on the practice of circumcision varies due to its potential health benefits.
- Through this, PUB puts in place plans to tackle and mitigate potential health and safety hazards that might affect their employees.
- The WHO states that "A large number of studies have been performed over the last two decades to assess whether mobile phones pose a potential health risk.
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- EERI performs risk assessments on earthquake potential sites around the world.
- Further leaked documents suggested that Labour were deciding on potential sites based on political preference.
- For more than two years, NASA planners considered a collection of 30 potential sites for the first crewed landing.
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- There is more potential use of CLOS for Common Lisp.
- User charge remains to be more potential area of finance than a reality now.
- In the end, the judges felt that Meri had more potential, and Malla was sent home.
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- Brody is to retrieve a list of potential attack targets from a safe in Estes' office.
- The list of potential targets (such as bridges, viaducts, tunnels, railway junctions, etc.)
- He was added to the Commander-in-Chief’s list of potential officers in February 1853, aged barely 16.
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- Hoffer was influenced by his modest roots and working-class surroundings, seeing in it vast human potential.
- The former are subject to the development of one's capacities and aspirations as human potential for pleasing, shaped by social interaction.
- Kingston also comments that the appearance of Toole and the aerial ballet demonstrated that physical limitations do not limit human potential.
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- It also has been studied as a potential treatment for hepatitis C.
- The usefulness of 5-ARIs for the potential treatment of acne is uncertain.
- The first-in-human tests of a potential treatment are called Phase I studies.
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- Upon review of the first inquiry, he concluded that there were "hundreds, not thousands" of potential victims."
- It described the alleged abuse as being "on an unprecedented scale", and the number of potential victims as "staggering".
- In "Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire", it was decided that the police owed no general duty of care to potential victims of crime.
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- He saw potential in the collaboration, and encouraged them to write more.
- SM Prime Holdings saw potential in the upscale northern sections of the city.
- An emergency department physician by day, Heilman saw potential in angiography.
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- Above all, there was the potential loss of prestige and independence.
- The total potential loss based on the markets at the time of the event was C$8.7 million.
- Faced with the potential loss of a major affiliate, Oldenbroek stood down, but continued to work for the federation.
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- The Electronic Frontier Foundation objected to Act's potential effects on civil liberties.
- The Local Interstellar Cloud's potential effects on Earth are prevented by the solar wind and the Sun's magnetic field.
- The potential effects of electromagnetic fields on human health vary widely depending on the frequency and intensity of the fields.
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- So Eli looks out for another potential partner.
- This is another potential danger to the sangai habitat.
- Hydrangeas are another potential pest, but their threat is less serious.
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- Piston ring design has been identified as a potential problem.
- The warning serves as a reminder to the driver of this potential problem.
- Their consistency is a potential problem whenever multiple models and views are used.
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- Nixon spoke out adroitly to avoid potential damage, but the matter permanently alienated the two candidates.
- A sensible protocol for the use of such transmission flow control signals must be used, to avoid potential deadlock conditions, however.
- Various concurrent computing techniques are used to avoid potential problems caused by multiple tasks attempting to access the same resource.
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- However, Trump backtracked the hires several days later due to potential conflicts of interest.
- The RWSL system uses complex algorithms to calculate future paths and predict potential conflicts.
- Marketing ethics is also contested terrain, beyond the previously described issue of potential conflicts between profitability and other concerns.
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- This would require a range of at least 8,000 yards to escape potential damage from the underwater blast.
- Nixon spoke out adroitly to avoid potential damage, but the matter permanently alienated the two candidates.
- The vehicle would be protected from potential damage, because the charging station would not close its internal relay.
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- The list of potential targets (such as bridges, viaducts, tunnels, railway junctions, etc.)
- The increasing number of home automation devices such as the Nest thermostat are also potential targets.
- The spotter's task was to observe (spot) the surrounding terrain and alert the sniper to potential targets.
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- This indicates a potential role in intracellular signaling.
- The potential role of the pro-oxidant role of uric acid in (e.g.)
- The potential role of sex hormones in the etiology of degenerative skeletal disorders is being discussed for both genders.