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 Translation for 'potential' from English to French
ADJ   potential | - | -
NOUN1   a potential | potentials
NOUN2   potential | -
SYNO electric potential | likely | possible | ...
potentiel {adj}potential
éventuel {adj}potential
Nouns
fécondité {f} [fig.] [d'idée]potential
2 Words
biol.
potentiel {m} d'action
action potential <AP>
chim.phys.
potentiel {m} chimique
chemical potential
écon.
potentiel {m} économique
economic potential
électr.phys.
potentiel {m} électrique
electric potential
mil.
potentiel {m} militaire
military potential
potentiel {m} d'optimisationoptimisation potential [Br.]
potentiel {m} d'optimisationoptimization potential
comm.
amateur {m} [acheteur éventuel]
potential buyer
comm.
amatrice {f} [acheteuse éventuelle]
potential buyer
comm.
intéressé {m} [personne qui s'intéresse à qc.]
potential buyer
comm.
intéressée {f} [personne qui s'intéresse à qc.]
potential buyer [female]
électr.
chute {f} de tension
potential drop
électr.
chute {f} de pression
potential drop
phys.
énergie {f} potentielle
potential energy
assassin {m} en puissancepotential killer
math.
potentiel {m} de Riesz
Riesz potential
pol.
gisement {m} électoral
voter potential
3 Words
sommet {m} de ses capacitésone's fullest potential
phys.
potentiel {m} thermodynamique
thermodynamic potential (energy)
4 Words
arriver à maturité [entreprise]to realize its full potential
parvenir à maturité [entreprise]to realize its full potential
5+ Words
permettre aux gens de s'épanouirto enable people to fulfil their potential
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Usage Examples English
  • Geopotential is the potential of the Earth's gravity field.
  • A Haines Index of 6 means a high potential for an existing fire to become large or exhibit erratic fire behavior, 5 means medium potential, 4 means low potential, and anything less than 4 means very low potential.
  • Initially presented under the name "quantum-mechanical potential", subsequently "quantum potential", it was later elaborated upon by Bohm and Basil Hiley in its interpretation as an information potential which acts on a quantum particle.
  • Turgor pressure can be deduced when the total water potential, Ψw, and the osmotic potential, Ψs, are known in a water potential equation.
  • Qualitative information can also be determined from the half-wave potential of the polarogram (the current vs. ...

  • The most widely used "NN" potentials are the Paris potential, the Argonne AV18 potential, the CD-Bonn potential, and the Nijmegen potentials.
  • ] potentials include the electric potential, the magnetic potential and the gravitational potential of point sources.
  • In the context of special relativity, it is natural to join the magnetic vector potential together with the (scalar) electric potential into the electromagnetic potential, also called "four-potential".
  • An object can have potential energy by virtue of its electric charge and several forces related to their presence.
  • In electrocardiography, the ventricular cardiomyocyte membrane potential is about −90 mV at rest, which is close to the potassium reversal potential.

  • The unknowns in the bidomain model are three, the intracellular potential [...] , the extracellular potential [...] and the transmembrane potential [...] , which is defined as the difference of the potential across the cell membrane [...].
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