Potential

(noun.) the inherent capacity for coming into being.

(adj.) existing in possibility; 'a potential problem'; 'possible uses of nuclear power' .

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• In this diagram G<1S> and G<2S> represent two generators, each producing current at a potential of 110 volts. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• By connecting them in series this potential is doubled, thus providing a main circuit (P and N) of 220 volts. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• What its future is to be no man may say, but its destiny is not yet fulfilled, and it is pregnant with potential possibilities. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The dynamo is one of the great factors of modern civilization, and its potential name, like that of dynamite, rightly defines its character. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Objections were naturally made to rails out in the open on the street surface carrying large currents at a potential of twenty volts. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Still she was gnawed as by a neuralgia, tormented by his potential absence from her. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• THE year 1847 marked a period of great territorial acquisition by the American people, with incalculable additions to their actual and potential wealth. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• This arises from the fact that by the doubling of potential the two outside mains are reduced to one-quarter the cross-section otherwise necessary. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• In the trenches of the Western front alone during the late war thousands of potential great men died unfulfilled. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• For a long time the Roman patricians were clever enough to beat every such potential tyrant by giving in to a certain extent to the plebeians. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Each side, if considered separately, has a potential of about 110 volts, yet the potential of the two outside conductors, P and N, is 220 volts. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• But her skin was clear and fine, her hands, as she sat with them forgotten and folded, were quite beautiful, full of potential energy. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.

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