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potentiality

noun
/pəˌtɛnʃiˈælɪti/UK/pəˌtɛn(t)ʃiˈæləti/US

Etymology

From potential + -ity.

  1. derived from potentia
  2. derived from potentialis
  3. suffixed as potentiality — “potential + ity”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being or having potential.

    • filled with potentiality
    • A new year is filled with potentiality.

  2. An instance of potential

    An instance of potential: any given possibility.

    • any and all potentialities
    • We've been prepping for years, and we like to hope that we're ready for all potentialities — as ready as one can be.

  3. An inherent capacity for growth or development.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. An aptitude amenable to development

      An aptitude amenable to development; capability.

    2. A possibility or capacity to be something, as opposed to an actuality describing what…

      A possibility or capacity to be something, as opposed to an actuality describing what something actually is at present.

    3. Quantum potential.

The neighborhood

Derived

bipotentiality, equipotentiality, isopotentiality, nonpotentiality

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA