Noun: potentiality pu,ten-shee'a-lu-tee
- An aptitude that may be developed
"The student's potentiality for mathematics excited her teachers";
- capability, capableness
- The inherent capacity for coming into being
"The potentiality for growth in the tech sector is enormous";
- potential, potency
Derived forms: potentialities
See also: capable, incapable, possible, potential
Type of: aptitude, possibility, possibleness
Encyclopedia: Potentiality