potentials

noun

1. 1

   Currently 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. 2

   The gravitational potential: the radial (irrotational, static) component of a gravitational field, also known as the Newtonian potential or the gravitoelectric field.

3. 3

   The 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. 4

   (grammar) A verbal construction or form stating something is possible or probable.