Potential
The concept of potential refers to the possibility or capability of something to occur, develop, or become actualized, and it has various meanings across different fields, including physics, psychology, and economics.
Meanings
- potential (physics): a measure of the energy an object has due to its position or configuration
- potential (psychology): the inherent ability or capacity of an individual to develop or achieve something
- potential (economics): the possible or expected outcome of an economic decision or action, often related to concepts like Supply and Demand and Resource distribution
- potential (mathematics): a function that describes the energy of a system, often used in Computational mathematics and Conformal mapping