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Something is a "potential X' if it is capable of becoming X, although it may not be X at the moment, or if it might be X be we are not yet certain of that. A "safety hazard" is a condition or circumstance that could result in injury or property damage. So a "potential safety hazard" is a condition or circumstance that might be able to produce injury or property damage, but we are not yet certain of that, or is capable of becoming such a condition or circumstance at some point in the future.
Threats are potentials for attacks. A threat is defined as a capability, intention, and/or attack method of an adversary to exploit, or any circumstance or event with the potential to cause harm to, information or an information system. It is also any circumstance or event with the potential to harm an information system (IS) through unauthorized access, destruction, disclosure, modification of data, and/or denial of service.Threats can include the potential for an earthquake or a fire as well as the potential for an attack by an individual or organization.
A hazard in the health and safety context is a material, condition, or circumstance that has the potential for causing injury, illness or death in people or damage to property.
This is one definition of a hazard.It is "any real or potential condition that can cause injury, illness, or death to personnel; damage to or loss of equipment or property; degradation of mission capability or impact to mission accomplishment; or damage to the environment."
Having possibility, capability, or power.
action potential
As an electron is brought closer to a negatively charged plate, its potential energy increases. Since like charges repel, the electron has to be "brought" near the negatively charged plate ... it'll never go there on its own. You have to push it there, meaning you have to do work on it, and that work adds to the potential energy of the electron. As soon as you let it go, it'll whizz AWAY from the negatively charged plate, and that energy you put into it will turn into the kinetic energy of a hasty retreat.
decreases
Potential energy is the energy that an object has due to its position or condition. Energy is a property of objects.
To assess potential material solutions to satisfy the capability need documented in the ICD.
resting membrane potential
Electrons carry kinetic as well as potential energy.