potentiality

noun

1. an aptitude that may be developed

Synonym: capabilitycapableness

2. the inherent capacity for coming into being

Synonym: potentialpotency

1. 潜在性；可能性；潜力
If something has potentialities or potentiality, it is capable of being used or developed in particular ways.

e.g. The breathtaking potentialities of mechanization set the minds of manufacturers and merchants on fire...
机械化的惊人潜力使制造厂和商人们激动不已。
e.g. All of these are quite useful breeds whose potentiality has not been realised.
所有这些都是十分有用的品种，其潜力还没有被完全发挥。

1. 潜能：只是到了较晚的时候,自我实现(self-actualization)才作为一个心理学的概念出现,而这又是与潜能(potentiality)概念紧密相连的. 德国神经学家、精神病理学家戈尔德斯坦最先引进潜能概念来指称他在第一次世界大战期间所发现的大脑受损的伤病员发挥自身潜能、进行有效的脑功能的自我调整以维持生存这样一种情况.

2. 势差：potential transformer 变压器 | potentiality 势差 | potentiometer 电位计,电势计