Definitions
1.nounCurrently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to)"Even from a young age it was clear that she had the potential to become a great musician."
2.nounThe gravitational potential: the radial (irrotational, static) component of a gravitational field, also known as the Newtonian potential or the gravitoelectric field.
3.nounThe 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.
4.noun(grammar) A verbal construction or form stating something is possible or probable.
5.adjectiveExisting in possibility, not in actuality.
6.adjectiveBeing potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result
7.adjectiveA potential field is an irrotational (static) field.
8.adjectiveA potential flow is an irrotational flow.
9.adjective(grammar) Referring to a verbal construction of form stating something is possible or probable.