| potential | Existing and ready for action but not yet active. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| 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) |
| potexvirus | A genus of plant viruses that cause mosaic and ringspot symptoms. Transmission occurs mechanically. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pothole | 1. <ecology> A roundish depression in a road surface, bed of a stream or wetland caused by local erosion. 2. <geology> A deep cavity within a rock formation having its opening at the upper surface. (12 Mar 1998) |
| potichomania | The art or process of coating the inside of glass vessels with engravings or paintings, so as to give them the appearance of painted ware. Origin: F. Potichomanie; potiche a porcelain vase + manie mania. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| potichomanie | The art or process of coating the inside of glass vessels with engravings or paintings, so as to give them the appearance of painted ware. Origin: F. Potichomanie; potiche a porcelain vase + manie mania. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| potion | A draught; a dose; usually, a draught or dose of a liquid medicine. Origin: L. Potio, from potare to drink: cf. F. Potion. See Poison. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| potluck | Whatever may chance to be in the pot, or may be provided for a meal. "A woman whose potluck was always to be relied on." (G. Eliot) To take potluck, to take what food may chance to be provided. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |