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===Etymology===

{{root|en|ine-pro|*h₁es-}}

 

===Pronunciation===

* {{hyphenation|en|po|ten|tial}}

 

{{en-noun|~}}

 

#: {{ux|en|Even from a young age it was clear that she had the '''potential''' to become a great musician.}}

# {{lb|en|physics}} The [[wikipedia:gravitational potential|gravitational potential]]: the [[radial]] (irrotational, static) component of a gravitational field, also known as the [[wikipedia:Newtonian potential|Newtonian potential]] or the gravitoelectric field.

# {{lb|en|physics}} The work (energy) required to move a reference particle from a reference location to a specified location in the presence of a force [[field]], for example to bring a unit positive electric charge from an infinite distance to a specified point against an electric field.

 

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====Translations====

{{trans-top|currently unrealized ability}}

* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|потенциал|n}}

* Catalan: {{t+|ca|potencial}}

* Chinese:

* Esperanto: {{t|eo|potencialo|n}}

* Finnish: {{t+|fi|potentiaali}}

* French: {{t+|fr|possibilité|alt=possibilités|f-p}}, {{t+|fr|potentiel|m}}

* German: {{t+|de|Potential|n}}

* Greek: {{t+|el|δυναμικό|n}}

* Irish: {{t+|ga|cumas|m}}, {{t|ga|acmhainneacht|f}}

* Italian: {{t+|it|potenziale}}

* Korean: {{t+|ko|가능성(可能性)}}, {{t+|ko|잠재력(潛在力)}}

* Lao: {{t|lo|ສັກກະຍະພາບ}}, {{t|lo|ທ່າແຮງ}}

* Malay: {{t|ms|potensi}}

* Polish: {{t+|pl|potencjał|m}}

* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|potencial|m}}

* Romanian: {{t+|ro|potențial|n}}

* Spanish: {{t+|es|potencial|m}}

* Swedish: {{t+|sv|potential|c}}

* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|potenciál}}

* Irish: {{t|ga|poitéinseal|m}}

* Japanese: {{t+|ja|位置エネルギー|tr=ichi enerugī|sc=Jpan}}

* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|potencial|m}}

* Catalan: {{t+|ca|potencial}}

* Chinese:

* Czech: {{t|cs|potenciál|m}}

* Finnish: {{t+|fi|potentiaali}}

* German: {{t+|de|Potential|n}}

* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|potenciál}}

* Irish: {{t|ga|poitéinseal|m}}

* Japanese: {{t+|ja|電位|tr=でんい, den'i|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|ポテンシャル|tr=potensharu|sc=Jpan}}

* Polish: {{t+|pl|potencjał|m}}

{{trans-top|grammar: verbal construction}}

* Finnish: {{t+|fi|potentiaali}}

* Irish: {{t+|ga|cumas|m}}

{{trans-bottom}}

|passage=The non-viscous flow of the vacuum should be '''potential''' (irrotational).}}

# {{lb|en|grammar}} Referring to a verbal construction of form stating something is possible or probable.

 

====Translations====

* Catalan: {{t+|ca|potencial}}

* Chinese:

* Czech: {{t+|cs|potenciální|m}}, {{t+|cs|potencionální|m}}

* Danish: {{t|da|potentiel}}

* Icelandic: {{t+|is|mögulegur}}

* Irish: {{t|ga|ionchasach}}, {{t|ga|poitéinsiúil}}, {{t|ga|féideartha}}

* Italian: {{t+|it|potenziale}}

* Japanese: {{t|ja|潜在的|tr=せんざいてき, senzaiteki|sc=Jpan}}

* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|potencial}}

* Russian: {{t+|ru|потенциа́льный|tr=potɛnciálʹnyj}}, {{t+|ru|возмо́жный}}

* Swedish: {{t+|sv|potentiell}}

* Tagalog: {{t|tl|binitin}}

* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|потенці́йний}}, {{t|uk|можли́вий}}

{{trans-bottom}}

* {{R:Webster 1913}}

* {{R:Century 1911}}

* {{pedia|potential|Potential (physics)}}

 

[[Category:en:Energy]]

 

==Swedish==

{{sv-noun|c}}

 

 

====Declension====

* {{l|sv|potentialvandring}}

* {{l|sv|potentiell}}