potentiality

The state of being potential.

Inherent capacity for growth, development, or coming into existence.

Something possessing such capacity.

The state of being potential; mere being without actualization; the state of being capable of development into actuality: as, to exist in potentiality: opposed to entelechy.

A potential state, quality, or relation; the inherent capability of developing some actual state or quality; possibility of development in some particular direction; capability; possibility.

A potential being; a being, or capacity for existence, not yet actualized, but which may be developed into actuality.

The quality or state of being potential; possibility, not actuality; inherent capability or disposition, not actually exhibited.

The quality of being, or having potential.

An inherent capacity for growth or development.