Potential generally refers to a currently unrealized ability. The term is used in a wide variety of fields, from physics to the social sciences to indicate...

An action potential occurs when the membrane potential of a specific cell rapidly rises and falls. This depolarization then causes adjacent locations to...

Electric potential (also called the electric field potential, potential drop, the electrostatic potential) is defined as the amount of work energy needed...

In physics, potential energy is the energy held by an object because of its position relative to other objects, stresses within itself, its electric charge...

also known as (electrical) potential difference, electric pressure, or electric tension is the difference in electric potential between two points. In a...

A potential well is the region surrounding a local minimum of potential energy. Energy captured in a potential well is unable to convert to another type...

In thermodynamics, the chemical potential of a species is the energy that can be absorbed or released due to a change of the particle number of the given...

Membrane potential (also transmembrane potential or membrane voltage) is the difference in electric potential between the interior and the exterior of...

A potential superpower is a state or other polity that is speculated to be or have the potential to become a superpower, a state or supranational union...

Look up potential or potentially in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Potential generally refers to a currently unrealized ability, in a wide variety of...