battle conflict fight engagement | a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war, Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga, he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement |
conflict struggle battle | an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals), the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph--Thomas Paine, police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs |
potential divider voltage divider | resistors connected in series across a voltage source, used to obtain a desired fraction of the voltage |
| conflict | an incompatibility of dates or events, he noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings |
dispute difference difference of opinion conflict | a disagreement or argument about something important, he had a dispute with his wife, there were irreconcilable differences, the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats |
| action potential | the local voltage change across the cell wall as a nerve impulse is transmitted |
| conflict | opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings, he was immobilized by conflict and indecision |
brainwave brain wave cortical potential | (neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph |
elastic energy elastic potential energy | potential energy that is stored when a body is deformed (as in a coiled spring) |
electric potential potential potential difference potential drop voltage | the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts |
| evoked potential | the electrical response of the central nervous system produced by an external stimulus, he measured evoked potentials with an electroencephalogram |
| resting potential | the potential difference between the two sides of the membrane of a nerve cell when the cell is not conducting an impulse |
potential energy P.E. | the mechanical energy that a body has by virtue of its position, stored energy |
| potential unit | a measure of the potential energy of a unit charge at a given point in a circuit relative to a reference point (ground) |
| conflict | opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot), this form of conflict is essential to Mann's writing |
| conflict of interest | a situation in which a public official's decisions are influenced by the official's personal interests |
| conflict | a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests, his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post, a conflict of loyalties |
potential potentiality potency | the inherent capacity for coming into being |
| re-create | form anew in the imagination, recollect and re-form in the mind, His mind re-creates the entire world |
make create | make or cause to be or to become, make a mess in one's office, create a furor |
| re-create | create anew, Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale |
produce make create | create or manufacture a man-made product, We produce more cars than we can sell, The company has been making toys for two centuries |
create by mental act create mentally | create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands |
| create d make | create by artistic means, create a poem, Schoenberg created twelve-tone music, Picasso created Cubism, Auden made verses |
create from raw material create from raw stuff | make from scratch |
| create | pursue a creative activity, be engaged in a creative activity, Don't disturb him--he is creating |
| copy re-create | make a replica of, copy that drawing, re-create a picture by Rembrandt |
| create verbally | create with or from words |
| create | bring into existence, The company was created years ago, He created a new movement in painting |
| create | invest with a new title, office, or rank, Create one a peer |
conflict b run afoul b infringe contravene | go against, as of rules and laws, He ran afoul of the law, This behavior conflicts with our rules |
| conflict | be in conflict, The two proposals conflict! |
potential possible | existing in possibility, a potential problem, possible uses of nuclear power |
high-voltage high-potential | operating on or powered by a high voltage, a high-voltage generator |
likely potential | expected to become or be, in prospect, potential clients |