| potent | 1. Producing great physical effects; forcible; powerful' efficacious; as, a potent medicine. "Harsh and potent injuries." "Moses once more his potent rod extends." (Milton) 2. Having great authority, control, or dominion; puissant; mighty; influential; as, a potent prince. "A potent dukedom." "Most potent, grave, and reverend signiors." (Shak) 3. Powerful, in an intellectual or moral sense; having great influence; as, potent interest; a potent argument. Cross potent. Synonym: Powerful, mighty, puissant, strong, able, efficient, forcible, efficacious, cogent, influential. Origin: L. Potens, -entis, p. Pr. Of posse to be able, to have power, fr. Potis able, capable (akin to Skr. Pati master, lord) + esse to be. See Host a landlord, Am, and cf. Despot, Podesta, Possible, Power, Puissant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| potential | Existing and ready for action but not yet active. (18 Nov 1997) |
| potential energy | <chemistry> Energy due to position, it is stored energy which can be used to do work. (09 Jan 1998) |
| potentiality | The quality or state of being potential; possibility, not actuality; inherent capability or disposition, not actually exhibited. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| potentially | 1. With power; potently. 2. In a potential manner; possibly, not positively. "The duration of human souls is only potentially infinite." (Bentley) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| potentiation | <physiology> Increase in quantal release at a synapse following repetitive stimulation. Whereas facilitation at synapses lasts a few hundred milliseconds, potentiation may last minutes to hours. <pharmacology> The synergistic action of two drugs, being greater than the sum of the effects of each used alone. Origin: L. Potentia = power (13 Nov 1997) |
| potentiator | In chemotherapy, a drug used in combination with other drugs to produce deliberate potentiation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| potentiometer | <physics> An instrument for measuring or comparing electrial potentials or electromotive forces. (12 Mar 1998) |
| potentiometric titration | A titration during which the pH is continually measured with some value of the pH serving as end point. (05 Mar 2000) |
| potentiometry | Solution titration in which the end point is read from the electrode-potential variations with the concentrations of potential determining ions. (12 Dec 1998) |