potential

Potential (from Latin potentia "strength, power"), also potential , means the ability to develop; Possibilities not yet exhausted. The term is used in many fields:

biology

Action potential , temporary, characteristic deviation of the membrane potential of a living cell from its resting potential
Membrane potential and resting potential , electrochemical quantities on the membrane of living cells, measured in millivolts

chemistry

Chemical potential , thermodynamic quantity, measured in J / mol
Electrochemical potential , thermodynamic size of charged particles in electrochemistry, measured in J / mol
Electrode potential , a quantity in electrochemistry, measured in volts

grammar

Potentialis , mode for describing a possible event

mathematics

Potential function , a twofold continuously differentiable real-valued, d. H. scalar function that is a solution to Poisson's equation, e.g. B. a scalar potential
Scalar potential , a scalar field, the gradient of which provides a vector field

Vector potential , a vector field whose rotation again provides a vector field

Nodal potential , a function on the nodes of a graph

physics

Potential (physics) , ability of a conservative force field to make a test specimen do work; alternatively the scalar field, which describes this ability of the force field. These include in particular:
- Electrical potential
- Gravitational potential
Velocity potential or streaming potential, scalar field, the gradient of which supplies the velocity vectors of an eddy-free fluid movement (potential flow)
Thermodynamic potential

psychology

Performance potential (psychology) , the inherent prerequisite for a person's energy performance

Economics

Potential factor , one of the production factors
Potential (game theory) , a special function on the set of all strategy combinations in a game
Production potential , macroeconomic term to designate the production that would be possible if all production factors were fully utilized

Sports

Handicap , theoretical and current skill level of a golfer.

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