potential

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01. Scientists are only beginning to recognize the [potential] benefits of using ocean tides as a source of endless, clean energy.
02. Former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's son is widely described in the media as a [potential] leadership candidate for the Liberal party.
03. Her newest CD is seen as a [potential] breakthrough for her in the important U.S. market.
04. Sophie definitely has great [potential] as a graphic artist.
05. This new company has the [potential] to become very profitable in the next year.
06. Yukiko looked at the photos of 4 [potential] husbands that the matchmaker gave her parents.
07. Princess Diana once observed that everyone needs to be valued because everyone has the [potential] to give something back.
08. After 3500 B.C., the agricultural [potential] of the Indus floodplain began to be realized, and the population increased accordingly.
09. Linus in the comic strip "Peanuts" once observed that there is no heavier burden than a great [potential].
10. Dale Galloway once observed that a rose only becomes beautiful, and blesses others when it opens up, and blooms. Its greatest tragedy is to stay in a tight-closed bud, never fulfilling its [potential].
11. Karl Marx believed that work is a central feature of people's identities and allows them to develop to their fullest [potential].
12. The Rick Hansen Institute works to remove barriers that limit people with disabilities from reaching their full [potential].
13. This class is quite difficult, so I think it makes me work to my [potential].
14. Holes in the road are a [potential] hazard for cyclists.
15. You may have the [potential] to be a brilliant language learner, but if you fail to put some effort into it, chances are you will not learn much.
16. Our market researchers are responsible for getting feedback from [potential] customers before a new product is released.
17. My son has a lot of [potential], but he doesn't work very hard.
18. Iran is [potentially] the largest producer of oil in the Middle East.
19. Decades of dictatorial regimes have prevented Uganda from achieving its full [potential].
20. The disease is very serious, and is [potentially] fatal if left untreated.
21. Buddhism teaches that the [potential] to become a Buddha is already contained within us.
22. Psychologists describe learning as a relatively permanent change in behavior, or [potential] to respond, that results from experience.
23. Ensuring that a child's basic needs are met helps to enable them to reach their full [potential].
24. In order to truly fulfill their [potential], children need to be protected and nurtured.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • Potential [1] — Potential ist eine Funktion V (x, y, z) des Ortes, d.h. der Koordinaten xyz eines Punktes P, deren partielle Differentialquotienten nach den Koordinaten die Komponenten einer gerichteten Größe (Kraft, Geschwindigkeit), die diesem Punkt P… …   Lexikon der gesamten Technik

  • potenţial — POTENŢIÁL, Ă, (I) potenţiali, e, adj., (II) potenţiale, s.n. I. adj. 1. Care are în sine toate condiţiile esenţiale pentru realizare, care există ca posibilitate, care există în mod virtual. ♢ Energie potenţială = energia pe care o poate dezvolta …   Dicționar Român

  • Potential [2] — Potential der Verrückungen. Sind ξ, η, ζ, die Verrückungen des Körperpunktes m (x, y, z) in den Richtungen x, y, z (s. Elastizitätslehre, allgemeine), und es existiert eine Funktion F der Koordinaten x, y, z, deren… …   Lexikon der gesamten Technik

  • Potential [5] — Potential , thermodynamisches, eine Funktion zweier oder mehrerer Unabhängigveränderlicher, die in der Thermodynamik eine ähnliche Rolle spielt wie das Potential der Kräfte nach dem Newtonschen Gravitationsgesetz in der reinen Mechanik (vgl.… …   Lexikon der gesamten Technik

  • Potential [3] — Potential , elastisches. Die Arbeit zur Ueberwindung der inneren Kräfte (s. Verschiebungsarbeit) beliebiger Körper für den Fall, daß die Spannungen konstant wie am Ende der betreffenden Verschiebungen wären (die virtuelle Verschiebungsarbeit),… …   Lexikon der gesamten Technik

  • Potential — Po*ten tial, a. [Cf. F. potentiel. See {Potency}.] 1. Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result; efficacious; influential. [Obs.] And hath in his effect a voice potential. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Existing in possibility, not in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Potential — (auch Potenzial) steht für: Aktionspotential vorübergehende, charakteristische Abweichung des Membranpotentials einer lebenden Zelle von ihrem Ruhepotential Chemisches Potential thermodynamische Größe in der Chemie, gemessen in Gibbs (= J/mol)… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • potential — I adjective accessible, achievable, allowable, allowed, anticipated, attainable, concealed, conceivable, covert, doable, dormant, expected, feasible, future, imaginable, latent, likely, obtainable, performable, permissible, permitted, possible,… …   Law dictionary

  • Potential [2] — Potential (das), die Wirkungsfähigkeit oder potentielle Energie (Spannung), welche die in einem Punkte des Raumes konzentriert gedachte Masseneinheit besitzt vermöge der abstoßenden oder anziehenden Kräfte, die von andern im Raume befindlichen… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • potential — [pō ten′shəl, pəten′shəl] adj. [ME potenciall < ML potentialis < L potentia: see POTENT] 1. that has power; potent 2. that can, but has not yet, come into being; possible; latent; unrealized; undeveloped 3. Gram. expressing possibility,… …   English World dictionary

  • Potential — Po*ten tial, n. 1. Anything that may be possible; a possibility; potentially. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. (Math.) In the theory of gravitation, or of other forces acting in space, a function of the rectangular coordinates which determine the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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