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Webster 1913 Edition
Potentiality
Po-tenˊti-al′i-ty
,Noun.
The quality or state of being potential; possibility, not actuality; inherent capability or disposition, not actually exhibited.
Webster 1828 Edition
Potentiality
POTENTIAL'ITY
,Noun.
Definition 2024
potentiality
potentiality
English
Noun
potentiality (plural potentialities)
- The quality of being, or having potential.
- An inherent capacity for growth or development.
- An aptitude amenable to development; capability.
- (philosophy) indeterminism
- (physics) quantum indeterminacy
Related terms
External links
- potentiality in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- potentiality in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911