Potenciális
Potenciális is a Hungarian adjective meaning related to potential or the capacity to develop into something. In everyday language it describes something that could become real but has not yet. In science and engineering, potenciális is used to translate the English term “potential” and appears in compounds such as potenciális energia (potential energy) and potenciális mező (potential field).
The word is derived from Latin potentia via European languages, and in Hungarian potenciális is used both
In physics, potential energy is energy stored due to position in a force field. A potential function,
Mathematically, a potential function is a scalar function from which a vector field can be derived as
In biology and physiology, membrane potential refers to the voltage difference across a cell membrane, produced