potentiality

English

noun
Definitions
  • The quality of being, or having potential.
  • An inherent capacity for growth or development.
  • An aptitude amenable to development; capability.
  • (philosophy) Indeterminism.
  • (physics) quantum Quantum indeterminacy.

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Suffix from English potential.

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