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potential [pə′ten·chəl] (electricity) (physics) A function or set of functions of position in space, from whose first derivatives a vector can be formed, such as that of a static field intensity. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Now the Irregularity of a Male is a matter of measurement; but as all Women are straight, and therefore visibly Regular so to speak, one has to devise some other means of ascertaining what I may call their invisible Irregularity, that is to say their potential Irregularities as regards possible offspring. The broken furniture, grimey walls, and general disorder and dirt of her home of a sudden appeared before her and began to take a potential aspect. Give me the verb `to be,' potential mood, past perfect tense. |
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