Potencial in english
pronunciation: pətenʃəl part of speech: adjective, noun
potencial = capability ; potential ; potential power ; affordance.
Example: DOBIS/LIBIS may replace the typewriter and the catalog card but it cannot replace the decision-making capabilities of the library staff.Example: However, its potential in this direction became evident, and in 1966 a catalogue card service was started.Example: This article examines the potential power of hypertext technology for the domains of journal and book publishing, insurance policy management, and software engineering.Example: In design terms, the degree to which an object is appropriate for its environment and thus likely to be employed by a user is termed an affordance.more:
» aprovechar + Posesivo + potencial = reach + Posesivo + potential .
Example: Today the emphasis is more on the problems to be encountered and conquered if these technologies are to reach their real potential.» desarrollar el potencial = develop + a potential .
Example: A first step for developing this potential could be regular meetings organised by the library for professionals working with the aged.» desarrollar el potencial de Algo/Alguien = develop + Posesivo + (full) potential .
Example: This view intensifies the problems which technical staff experience when attempting to develop their potential.» desarrollar el potencial de Algo = achieve + Posesivo + potential ; achieve + Posesivo + full potential .
Example: A new year is coming, students who fail to plan will lengthen the odds of achieving their potential. Example: Until this preference is shifted to on-line full text retrieval, the data base industry will achieve only a fraction of its full potential.» desarrollar + Posesivo + potencial = shape + Posesivo + potential ; fulfil + Posesivo + potential .
Example: Warren and his mother credit Lane teachers for providing opportunities for him to shape his potential. Example: To fulfil their potential, librarians must articulate and act upon a vision that involves them more fully in the work of faculty, researchers, and medical practitioners.» desarrollo del potencial = capacity building .
Example: Federal assistance programmes should follow the successes of the 1930s programmes, supporting infrastructure development through the encouragement of local capacity building.» lograr desarrollar el potencial de Algo = achieve + Posesivo + full potential .
Example: Until this preference is shifted to on-line full text retrieval, the data base industry will achieve only a fraction of its full potential.» no aprovechar el potencial = fall (far) short of + the potential .
Example: This article discusses recent progress in the design and development of operational on-line catalogues and why the current generation of on-line catalogues falls far short of that potential.» no aprovechar + Posesivo + potencial = fall (far) behind + Posesivo + potential .
Example: The article 'A few cautionary words about electronic publishing' argues that advances in microform technology have obviously fallen far behind their potential.» potencial de carga = loadability .
Example: Its effect on improving voltage stability, loadability limit and reducing power losses have been studied under normal as well as contingency conditions.» potencial nuclear = nuclear capability .
Example: Meanwhile, the growing nuclear capability of Communist China has led a number of non-nuclear countries to reassess their strategic security positions.» tener potencial = have + potential .
Example: The somewhat late arrival of the ROOT thesaurus in the indexing world means that its penetration will be slow, although it has great potential as a tool for standardizing indexing languages.