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Webster 1913 Edition


Potentiality

Po-tenˊti-al′i-ty

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Noun.
The quality or state of being potential; possibility, not actuality; inherent capability or disposition, not actually exhibited.

Webster 1828 Edition


Potentiality

POTENTIAL'ITY

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Noun.
Possibility; not actuality.

Definition 2024


potentiality

potentiality

English

Noun

potentiality (plural potentialities)

  1. The quality of being, or having potential.
  2. An inherent capacity for growth or development.
  3. An aptitude amenable to development; capability.
  4. (philosophy) indeterminism
  5. (physics) quantum indeterminacy

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External links

  • potentiality in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • potentiality in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911