[syn: capability, capableness, potentiality]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Potentiality \Po*ten`ti*al"i*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being potential; possibility, not
actuality; inherent capability or disposition, not actually
exhibited.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
potentiality
n 1: the inherent capacity for coming into being [syn:
potential, potentiality, potency]
2: an aptitude that may be developed [syn: capability,
capableness, potentiality] [ant: incapability,
incapableness]