English words for '(Classical philosophy) Potentiality.'
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noun
- (philosophy) Aristotelian: undeveloped potentiality subject to change and development; formlessness. Matter receives form, and becomes substance.
- (physics) Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles.
- Printed material, especially in books or magazines.
- An approximate amount or extent.
- (physics) Anything with mass and volume.
- (countable, law) Legal services provided by a lawyer or firm to their client in relation to a particular issue.
- An affair, condition, or subject, especially one of concern or (especially when preceded by the) one that is problematic.
- (uncountable) Importance.
- A kind of substance.
- some situation or event that is thought about
- written works (especially in books or magazines)
- a problem
- a vaguely specified concern
- (used with negation) having consequence
- that which has mass and occupies space
verb
noun
- (philosophy) Initialism of principle of alternate possibilities.
- (grammar) Abbreviation of past active participle.
- (medicine) Acronym of positive airway pressure.
- (cosmology, epistemology) Initialism of participatory anthropic principle.
- (organic chemistry) polyfluoroalkyl phosphate ester
- (medicine) Initialism of prostatic acid phosphatase.
- (networking) Initialism of password authentication protocol.
- (by extension) A positive airway pressure machine, a PAP device.
- (grammar) Abbreviation of present active participle.
name
verb
noun
- (Aristotelian metaphysics) The complete realisation and final form of some potential concept or function; the conditions under which a potential thing becomes actualized.
- (Aristotle) the state of something that is fully realized; actuality as opposed to potentiality
- (chiefly philosophy) A particular type of motivation, need for self-determination, and inner strength directing life and growth to become all one is capable of being; the need to actualize one's beliefs; having both a personal vision and the ability to actualize that vision from within.
- (specifically) In the metaphysics of Aristotle (384–322 B.C.E.) and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716): a soul; a monad (Leibniz).
verb
adj
- (of people) Included in minimal numbers in order to create an impression or illusion of diversity, especially ethnic or gender diversity.
- Perfunctory or merely symbolic; done or existing for appearance's sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement.
- Done as an indication or a pledge.
- insignificantly small; a matter of form only (‘tokenish’ is informal)
noun
- (computing) An atomic piece of data, such as a word, for which a meaning may be inferred during parsing.
- (grammar) A lexeme; a basic, grammatically indivisible unit of a language such as a keyword, operator or identifier.
- A seal guaranteeing the quality of an item.
- (weaving) In a loom, a colored signal to show the weaver which shuttle to use.
- Something serving as an expression of something else.
- (computing) A conceptual object that can be possessed by a computer, process, etc. in order to regulate a turn-taking system such as a token ring network.
- (Church of Scotland) A piece of metal given beforehand to each person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of the Lord's Supper.
- (rail transport) A physical object used for exchange between drivers and signalmen on single track lines.
- (mining) A thin bed of coal indicating the existence of a thicker seam at no great distance.
- (corpus linguistics) A single example of a certain word in a text or corpus.
- A keepsake.
- (philosophy) A particular thing to which a concept applies.
- Support for a belief; grounds for an opinion.
- (medicine) A characteristic sign of a disease or of a bodily disorder, a symptom; a sign of a bodily condition, recovery, or health.
- A piece of stamped metal or plastic, etc., used as a form of currency; a voucher that can be exchanged for goods or services.
- Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith.
- (computing) A meaningless placeholder used as a substitute for sensitive data.
- (printing) Ten and a half quires, or, commonly, 250 sheets, of paper printed on both sides; also, in some cases, the same number of sheets printed on one side, or half the number printed on both sides.
- An object or disclosure to attest or authenticate the bearer or an instruction.
- A minor attempt for appearance's sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement; a formality.
- A small physical object, often designed to give the appearance of a common thing, used to represent a person or character in a board game or other situation.
- (mining) A bit of leather having a peculiar mark designating a particular miner. Each hewer sent one of these with each corf or tub he had hewn.
- A tally.
- A member of a group of people that is included within a larger group to comply with a legal or social requirement.
- An extraordinary event serving as evidence of supernatural power.
- an individual instance of a type of symbol
- something of sentimental value
- a metal or plastic disk that can be redeemed or used in designated slot machines
- something serving as a sign of something else
noun
- (philosophy) A possibility or capacity to be something, as opposed to an actuality describing what something actually is at present.
- (chiefly uncountable) The quality of being or having potential.
- (physics) Quantum potential.
- An inherent capacity for growth or development.
- (countable) An instance of potential: any given possibility.
- An aptitude amenable to development; capability.
- an aptitude that may be developed
- the inherent capacity for coming into being
noun
- (philosophy) the philosophical theory that some ideas are innate
- the policy of perpetuating native cultures (in opposition to acculturation)
- (philosophy) The doctrine that some skills or abilities are innate and not learned.
- (countable) A cultural element that is native to a colonised country.
- The policy of perpetuating the culture of the natives of a colonised country.
- (linguistics) A theory that some knowledge of grammar is innate.
- (chiefly US) A policy of favoring native-born inhabitants over immigrants.
adj
- (philosophy) Nonessential to something's inherent nature (especially in Aristotelian thought).
- (music) Adjusted by one or two semitones, in temporary departure from the key signature.
- Pertaining to accident and not essence; thus, inessential; incidental; secondary.
- Occurring sometimes, by chance; occasional.
- (geometry) Being a double point with two distinct tangent planes in 4-dimensional projective space.
- Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; by accident, unintentional.
- not of prime or central importance
- happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally
noun
- (music) A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.
- Part of a text that has a mainly structural purpose, such as spelling, punctuation, or capitalization.
- (painting, plural only) Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow.
- A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.
- a musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
noun
- (philosophy, uncountable) Initialism of relevant alternatives theory.
- (public transportation, countable) Initialism of Rapid Area Transit.
- (aviation, countable) Initialism of ram air turbine.
- (computing, countable) Initialism of remote-access Trojan.
- (medicine, countable) Initialism of rapid antigen test.
noun
- (philosophy) Someone who advocates possibilism, the position that things do not need to actually exist in order to have properties.
- (philosophy) Someone who neither hopes without reason, nor fears without reason. Someone who uses analysis of data to understand the relative probability of future possibilities, instead of relying on intuition, emotions, personal experience, dogma, superstition, mainstream thought, or mental models (e.g., pessimism or optimism).
- (socialism, historical) A socialist who advocates focusing on small, achievable forms of immediate progress rather than an all-or-nothing commitment to revolution.
noun
- (philosophy, chiefly Kantian idealism) An experienced object whose constitution reflects the order and conceptual structure imposed upon it by the human mind (especially by the powers of perception and understanding).
- A wonderful or very remarkable person or thing.
- Appearance; a perceptible aspect of something that is mutable.
- A thing or being, event or process, perceptible through senses; or a fact or occurrence thereof.
- A kind or type of phenomenon (sense 1 or 2).
- (by extension) A knowable thing or event (e.g. by inference, especially in science).
- A fact or event considered very unusual, curious, or astonishing by those who witness it.
- a remarkable development
- any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning
noun
- (philosophy) Something to be analyzed.
- (philosophy) A misconception created by explaining without defining, or concluding without explaining
- (philosophy) A certain way of speaking about a phenomenon, a way that creates logical and intuitive problems
- (philosophy) A theory that lacks any fundamental explanation required for said theory to be sound
phrase
- Initialism of to be derived.
- Initialism of to be deducted.
- Initialism of to be declared.
- Initialism of to be decided.
- Initialism of to be developed.
- Initialism of to be discovered.
- Initialism of to be done.
- Initialism of to be destroyed.
- Initialism of to be dated.
- Initialism of to be disclosed.
- Initialism of to be delivered.
- Initialism of to be discussed.
- Initialism of to be defined.
- Initialism of to be documented.
- Initialism of to be determined.
- Initialism of to be designed.
noun
noun
- (philosophy) One who explains the higher functions and relations of the soul by the association of ideas.
- (psychology) A proponent of associationism.
- (Judaism) a shitufi; one who ascribes partners to Hashem (God) or believes in the Trinity.
- (Islam) a mushrik; one who ascribes partners to Allah (God) or believes in the Trinity.
noun
adj
noun
- (philosophy) The synthesis of theory and practice, without presuming the primacy of either.
- Custom or established practice.
- The practical application of any branch of learning.
- (drama) The deliberate action of a rational being.
- An example or form of exercise, or a collection of such examples, for practice.
- translating an idea into action
noun
- (philosophy) An alternative shape of a cognitive structure.
- (chemistry) Any form of an element that has a distinctly different molecular structure to another form of the same element, with different physical properties and often different chemical properties.
- (linguistics) An other form, a different shape of a lexical unit.
- a structurally different form of an element
adj
noun
noun
- (philosophy) An approach to thought that draws upon multiple theories.
- (textual criticism) The selection of diverse witnesses to a text.
- (art) Any form of art that borrows from multiple other styles.
- The quality of being eclectic.
- making decisions on the basis of what seems best instead of following some single doctrine or style
noun
- the ideal in terms of which something can be judged
- the value behind the money in a monetary system
- a board measure = 1980 board feet
- an upright pole or beam (especially one used as a support)
- a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
- any distinctive flag
- One of the upright members that supports the horizontal axis of a transit or theodolite.
- A measure for timber.
- A level of quality or attainment.
- A sturdy, woody plant whose upright stem is used to graft a less hardy ornamental flowering plant on, rather then actually planting it.
- Something used as a measure for comparative evaluations; a model.
- Any upright support, such as one of the poles of a scaffold.
- A bottle of wine containing 0.750 liters of fluid.
- The flag or ensign carried by a military unit.
- a hill with a cairn or tumulus at its summit
- A tree of natural size supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis.
- (shipbuilding) An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.
- An object supported in an upright position, such as a lamp standard.
- The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established for coinage.
- (India) Grade level in primary education.
- The sheth of a plough.
- Ellipsis of standard poodle.
- A manual transmission vehicle.
- (sociolinguistics) standard idiom, a prestigious or standardized language variety; standard language
- (botany) The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.
- A rule or set of rules or requirements which are widely agreed upon or imposed by government.
- A large drinking cup.
- (in place names, chiefly Northern England, Scotland) a cairn or tumulus
- A musical work of established popularity.
- (historical) A collar of mail protecting the neck.
adj
- commonly used or supplied
- established or well-known or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence
- conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind
- regularly and widely used or sold
- conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers
- Falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.
- Of a usable or serviceable grade or quality.
- As normally supplied (not optional).
- Having recognized excellence or authority.
- (linguistics) Conforming to the standard variety.
- (not comparable, of a motor vehicle) Having a manual transmission.
- (of a tree or shrub) Growing alone as a free-standing plant; not trained on a post etc.
intj
noun
- (philosophy) Aristotelian: undeveloped potentiality subject to change and development; formlessness. Matter receives form, and becomes substance.
- (physics) Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles.
- Printed material, especially in books or magazines.
- An approximate amount or extent.
- (physics) Anything with mass and volume.
- (countable, law) Legal services provided by a lawyer or firm to their client in relation to a particular issue.
- An affair, condition, or subject, especially one of concern or (especially when preceded by the) one that is problematic.
- (uncountable) Importance.
- A kind of substance.
- some situation or event that is thought about
- written works (especially in books or magazines)
- a problem
- a vaguely specified concern
- (used with negation) having consequence
- that which has mass and occupies space
verb
noun
- (philosophy) Initialism of principle of alternate possibilities.
- (grammar) Abbreviation of past active participle.
- (medicine) Acronym of positive airway pressure.
- (cosmology, epistemology) Initialism of participatory anthropic principle.
- (organic chemistry) polyfluoroalkyl phosphate ester
- (medicine) Initialism of prostatic acid phosphatase.
- (networking) Initialism of password authentication protocol.
- (by extension) A positive airway pressure machine, a PAP device.
- (grammar) Abbreviation of present active participle.
name
verb
noun
- (Aristotelian metaphysics) The complete realisation and final form of some potential concept or function; the conditions under which a potential thing becomes actualized.
- (Aristotle) the state of something that is fully realized; actuality as opposed to potentiality
- (chiefly philosophy) A particular type of motivation, need for self-determination, and inner strength directing life and growth to become all one is capable of being; the need to actualize one's beliefs; having both a personal vision and the ability to actualize that vision from within.
- (specifically) In the metaphysics of Aristotle (384–322 B.C.E.) and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716): a soul; a monad (Leibniz).
noun
- (philosophy) A possibility or capacity to be something, as opposed to an actuality describing what something actually is at present.
- (chiefly uncountable) The quality of being or having potential.
- (physics) Quantum potential.
- An inherent capacity for growth or development.
- (countable) An instance of potential: any given possibility.
- An aptitude amenable to development; capability.
- an aptitude that may be developed
- the inherent capacity for coming into being
noun
- (philosophy) the philosophical theory that some ideas are innate
- the policy of perpetuating native cultures (in opposition to acculturation)
- (philosophy) The doctrine that some skills or abilities are innate and not learned.
- (countable) A cultural element that is native to a colonised country.
- The policy of perpetuating the culture of the natives of a colonised country.
- (linguistics) A theory that some knowledge of grammar is innate.
- (chiefly US) A policy of favoring native-born inhabitants over immigrants.
noun
- (philosophy, uncountable) Initialism of relevant alternatives theory.
- (public transportation, countable) Initialism of Rapid Area Transit.
- (aviation, countable) Initialism of ram air turbine.
- (computing, countable) Initialism of remote-access Trojan.
- (medicine, countable) Initialism of rapid antigen test.
noun
- (philosophy) Someone who advocates possibilism, the position that things do not need to actually exist in order to have properties.
- (philosophy) Someone who neither hopes without reason, nor fears without reason. Someone who uses analysis of data to understand the relative probability of future possibilities, instead of relying on intuition, emotions, personal experience, dogma, superstition, mainstream thought, or mental models (e.g., pessimism or optimism).
- (socialism, historical) A socialist who advocates focusing on small, achievable forms of immediate progress rather than an all-or-nothing commitment to revolution.
noun
- (philosophy, chiefly Kantian idealism) An experienced object whose constitution reflects the order and conceptual structure imposed upon it by the human mind (especially by the powers of perception and understanding).
- A wonderful or very remarkable person or thing.
- Appearance; a perceptible aspect of something that is mutable.
- A thing or being, event or process, perceptible through senses; or a fact or occurrence thereof.
- A kind or type of phenomenon (sense 1 or 2).
- (by extension) A knowable thing or event (e.g. by inference, especially in science).
- A fact or event considered very unusual, curious, or astonishing by those who witness it.
- a remarkable development
- any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning
noun
- (philosophy) Something to be analyzed.
- (philosophy) A misconception created by explaining without defining, or concluding without explaining
- (philosophy) A certain way of speaking about a phenomenon, a way that creates logical and intuitive problems
- (philosophy) A theory that lacks any fundamental explanation required for said theory to be sound
noun
- (philosophy) One who explains the higher functions and relations of the soul by the association of ideas.
- (psychology) A proponent of associationism.
- (Judaism) a shitufi; one who ascribes partners to Hashem (God) or believes in the Trinity.
- (Islam) a mushrik; one who ascribes partners to Allah (God) or believes in the Trinity.
noun
adj
noun
- (philosophy) The synthesis of theory and practice, without presuming the primacy of either.
- Custom or established practice.
- The practical application of any branch of learning.
- (drama) The deliberate action of a rational being.
- An example or form of exercise, or a collection of such examples, for practice.
- translating an idea into action
noun
- (philosophy) An alternative shape of a cognitive structure.
- (chemistry) Any form of an element that has a distinctly different molecular structure to another form of the same element, with different physical properties and often different chemical properties.
- (linguistics) An other form, a different shape of a lexical unit.
- a structurally different form of an element
noun
- (philosophy) An approach to thought that draws upon multiple theories.
- (textual criticism) The selection of diverse witnesses to a text.
- (art) Any form of art that borrows from multiple other styles.
- The quality of being eclectic.
- making decisions on the basis of what seems best instead of following some single doctrine or style
noun
- the ideal in terms of which something can be judged
- the value behind the money in a monetary system
- a board measure = 1980 board feet
- an upright pole or beam (especially one used as a support)
- a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
- any distinctive flag
- One of the upright members that supports the horizontal axis of a transit or theodolite.
- A measure for timber.
- A level of quality or attainment.
- A sturdy, woody plant whose upright stem is used to graft a less hardy ornamental flowering plant on, rather then actually planting it.
- Something used as a measure for comparative evaluations; a model.
- Any upright support, such as one of the poles of a scaffold.
- A bottle of wine containing 0.750 liters of fluid.
- The flag or ensign carried by a military unit.
- a hill with a cairn or tumulus at its summit
- A tree of natural size supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis.
- (shipbuilding) An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.
- An object supported in an upright position, such as a lamp standard.
- The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established for coinage.
- (India) Grade level in primary education.
- The sheth of a plough.
- Ellipsis of standard poodle.
- A manual transmission vehicle.
- (sociolinguistics) standard idiom, a prestigious or standardized language variety; standard language
- (botany) The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.
- A rule or set of rules or requirements which are widely agreed upon or imposed by government.
- A large drinking cup.
- (in place names, chiefly Northern England, Scotland) a cairn or tumulus
- A musical work of established popularity.
- (historical) A collar of mail protecting the neck.
adj
- commonly used or supplied
- established or well-known or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence
- conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind
- regularly and widely used or sold
- conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers
- Falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.
- Of a usable or serviceable grade or quality.
- As normally supplied (not optional).
- Having recognized excellence or authority.
- (linguistics) Conforming to the standard variety.
- (not comparable, of a motor vehicle) Having a manual transmission.
- (of a tree or shrub) Growing alone as a free-standing plant; not trained on a post etc.
intj
verb
adj
- (of people) Included in minimal numbers in order to create an impression or illusion of diversity, especially ethnic or gender diversity.
- Perfunctory or merely symbolic; done or existing for appearance's sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement.
- Done as an indication or a pledge.
- insignificantly small; a matter of form only (‘tokenish’ is informal)
noun
- (computing) An atomic piece of data, such as a word, for which a meaning may be inferred during parsing.
- (grammar) A lexeme; a basic, grammatically indivisible unit of a language such as a keyword, operator or identifier.
- A seal guaranteeing the quality of an item.
- (weaving) In a loom, a colored signal to show the weaver which shuttle to use.
- Something serving as an expression of something else.
- (computing) A conceptual object that can be possessed by a computer, process, etc. in order to regulate a turn-taking system such as a token ring network.
- (Church of Scotland) A piece of metal given beforehand to each person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of the Lord's Supper.
- (rail transport) A physical object used for exchange between drivers and signalmen on single track lines.
- (mining) A thin bed of coal indicating the existence of a thicker seam at no great distance.
- (corpus linguistics) A single example of a certain word in a text or corpus.
- A keepsake.
- (philosophy) A particular thing to which a concept applies.
- Support for a belief; grounds for an opinion.
- (medicine) A characteristic sign of a disease or of a bodily disorder, a symptom; a sign of a bodily condition, recovery, or health.
- A piece of stamped metal or plastic, etc., used as a form of currency; a voucher that can be exchanged for goods or services.
- Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith.
- (computing) A meaningless placeholder used as a substitute for sensitive data.
- (printing) Ten and a half quires, or, commonly, 250 sheets, of paper printed on both sides; also, in some cases, the same number of sheets printed on one side, or half the number printed on both sides.
- An object or disclosure to attest or authenticate the bearer or an instruction.
- A minor attempt for appearance's sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement; a formality.
- A small physical object, often designed to give the appearance of a common thing, used to represent a person or character in a board game or other situation.
- (mining) A bit of leather having a peculiar mark designating a particular miner. Each hewer sent one of these with each corf or tub he had hewn.
- A tally.
- A member of a group of people that is included within a larger group to comply with a legal or social requirement.
- An extraordinary event serving as evidence of supernatural power.
- an individual instance of a type of symbol
- something of sentimental value
- a metal or plastic disk that can be redeemed or used in designated slot machines
- something serving as a sign of something else
adj
- (philosophy) Nonessential to something's inherent nature (especially in Aristotelian thought).
- (music) Adjusted by one or two semitones, in temporary departure from the key signature.
- Pertaining to accident and not essence; thus, inessential; incidental; secondary.
- Occurring sometimes, by chance; occasional.
- (geometry) Being a double point with two distinct tangent planes in 4-dimensional projective space.
- Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; by accident, unintentional.
- not of prime or central importance
- happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally
noun
- (music) A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.
- Part of a text that has a mainly structural purpose, such as spelling, punctuation, or capitalization.
- (painting, plural only) Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow.
- A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.
- a musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature