potentials
What might become
Potentials is the plural of potential, referring to latent capacities or possibilities that haven't yet been realized.
In physics, it often means electric potentials—voltage differences between points in a circuit or field.
More broadly, it describes what various things might become or achieve: The coach saw potentials in several young players.
We're measuring the potentials across the terminals.
Innate capability
- capacityMaximum amount containable
- abilityPower to do something
- talentInborn aptitude
- skillAcquired ability through practice
promise · giftedness · endowment · competence · proficiency · prowess · knack · facility
Inactive but capable
- untappedNot yet utilized
- hiddenKept out of sight
- inherentExisting as essential part
- undevelopedNot fully formed
quiescent · unrealized · inchoate · concealed · veiled · unexpressed · unawakened · latent
Power to do work
- gravitationalRelating to mass-based attraction
- elasticAble to stretch, rebounds
- chemicalSubstance with defined composition
- nuclearOf atomic energy
thermodynamic · scalar · vector · field · gradient · well · barrier · surface
Progress toward maturity
- expansionIncrease in scope
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
- progressionSequential forward movement
- advancementForward movement or promotion
flourishing · blossoming · cultivation · nurturing · emerging · budding · nascent · incipient
aptitude
Innate capability
skill · promise · giftedness · endowment · competence · proficiency · prowess · knack · facility · expertise
dormant
Inactive but capable
undeveloped · quiescent · unrealized · inchoate · concealed · veiled · unexpressed · unawakened · latent · sleeping
energy
Power to do work
- gravitationalRelating to mass-based attraction
- elasticAble to stretch, rebounds
- chemicalSubstance with defined composition
nuclear · thermodynamic · scalar · vector · field · gradient · well · barrier · surface · Coulomb
development
Progress toward maturity
- expansionIncrease in scope
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
- progressionSequential forward movement
advancement · flourishing · blossoming · cultivation · nurturing · emerging · budding · nascent · incipient · embryonic
voltage
Electrical potential difference
- electrostaticOf stationary electrical charges
- membraneThin tissue sheet
- actionProcess of doing
resting · graded · electrode · cell · dipole · ionization · reduction · oxidation · redox · electrochemical
- What Could Happenoutcomes, scenarios, possibilities, probabilities, hypotheticals
- WhedonverseBuffy, Buffy Summers, Angel, Spike, Willow
- candidatescandidate, candidates, nominee, nominees, contender
- goalsgoals, goal, aims, objective, objectives
- Invisiblesair, atoms, electrons, gravity, magnetism
- next big thingsstartups, emerging markets, rising stars, trending topics, game changers
potentialsactualities
Existing states of affairs
realities · actualizations · manifestations · realizations · facts
potentialslimitations
Imposed or inherent bounds
weaknesses · liabilities · deficiencies · incapabilities · shortcomings
potentialsfinalities
Ultimate, irreversible states
foregone conclusions · inevitabilities · impossibilities · dead ends · closures
- hidden potentialUnrealized ability within
- creative potentialCapacity for original work
- untapped potentialAbilities not yet utilized
- unrealized potential
- electrical potentialEnergy available per unit charge
- potential energyWork available from position
potential, potentially, potentiality, potentialities, potentiates