Potential

Able or powerful. A term applied to remedies or agents that are energetic. In electricity, the tension or pre ure of the current. It is estimated quantitatively in volts. P. Cautery. See Cautery. P., Difference of, a term employed to denote that portion of the electromotive force which exists between any two points in a circuit. P. Energy, the force that an organism is capable of exerting under full stimulation. P., Zero, in electricity, the potential of a point infinitely distant from all electrified bodies.