potentiality

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The quality of being or having potential.
An instance of potential: any given possibility.
An inherent capacity for growth or development.
An aptitude amenable to development; capability.
A possibility or capacity to be something, as opposed to an actuality describing what something actually is at present.
Quantum potential.

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potentiality potentialities

From potential + -ity.

potency

potence potency potent potentate potential

bipotentiality equipotentiality isopotentiality nonpotentiality

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