potential
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8.1
- noun
- /pəˈtɛnʃəl/
- Specialized
:
diferencia de potencial
- The engineer explained the potential difference across the circuit, which was measured in volts.
- electrical potential
Examples
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A voltage meter can help you measure the potential between the battery terminals.
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To understand how current flows, it is essential to know the potential at different points in the circuit.
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So let's now calculate what is the potential due to that electric field.
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A difference in potential is created at the junction of the P and N layers.
Academic text (2011) -
Background on proposed energy development potential in the southwestern United States.
Academic text (2011) -
These little spiders have the potential to cure hundreds of diseases.
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But Elliot can imagine the physics of it, the potential for mass attraction.
Fiction book (1992) -
The DOI report does not directly reveal the resource potential of each reservoir.
Academic text (1991) -
Using just two simple carbon rods, Humphry Davy was about to unleash the true potential of electricity.
Synonyms
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4.0
The electric pressure that makes electricity move between two points
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4.1
The electric push between two points in a circuit measured in volts
The difference in electric voltage between two points in a circuit
Compounds
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3.9
Power that something has because of its position, not its movement
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1
5.2
A quick change in electric charge across a cell membrane that carries a signal along nerve or muscle cells
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4.1
The electric push between two points in a circuit measured in volts
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1
5.1
The energy a small electric charge has at a point in a circuit, measured in volts
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8.4
An electrical signal measured by electrodes that the brain makes after a sound or light
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An electric charge difference across cells or tissues that helps signals travel
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A quick change in electric signals in the brain's outer part measured by a machine
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Stored power in something when it is stretched or squashed, like a spring
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The electric charge difference between the inside and outside of a nerve cell when it is not sending a signal
A set of resistors connected one after another that gives a smaller, adjustable voltage from a source
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A measure of electric potential difference between two points in a circuit, like the volt
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Potential comes from Latin potentia, meaning 'power'. In electricity, this 'power' is like a stored push that can move electricity through a circuit, so a difference in potential is a difference in that pushing power, measured in volts.