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potential (s) (noun), potentials (pl)
1. Something that is capable of being, but is not yet in existence: Joe felt that he was wasting his potential with the kind of work he was doing on his job.
2. A capacity for growth or development: In physics, the potential refers to the work that is required to move a unit of positive charge, a magnetic pole, or an amount of mass from a reference point to a designated point in a static electric, magnetic, or gravitational field.
3. Etymology: from Latin potentia, "power."
The ability or capacity for use.
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A capacity for future development.
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action potential (s) (noun), action potentials (pl)
The change in the potential difference (voltage) across the membrane of a nerve cell when an impulse passes along it:

An action potential is a variation in potential (from about -60 to +45 millivolts) that accompanies the passage of sodium and potassium ions across the membrane.

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