potential (EN)

noun, adjective

noun “potential”

1. the ability to achieve or become something that has not yet been achieved
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   The young inventor's potential for creating innovative gadgets was recognized by everyone in the science club.
2. the energy needed to move something in a force field to a specific place
   To calculate the gravitational potential at a point above the Earth's surface, we must consider the work needed to move a mass from infinity to that point.

adjective “potential”

1. possible, able to develop into something
   The area has several potential sites for the new school.
2. describing a field in physics that does not have rotation
   In our study, we discovered that the magnetic field around the stationary magnet was potential, showing no signs of rotation.