Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To convert into or assume a potential or positional form: said of energy.
- To give power to; make potent.
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- verb To make or give something
potential
Etymologies
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potential + -ize
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Examples
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So by potentializing the external circuit with it in PINNED state momentarily (so that the electrons in the conductors momentarily cannot move as current), one may potentialize the coulombs of pinned charge in the external circuit with static voltage only, and without drawing any current from the primary source.
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