POTENTIALLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does potentially mean? 

• POTENTIALLY (adverb)
  The adverb POTENTIALLY has 1 sense:

1. with a possibility of becoming actual

  Familiarity information: POTENTIALLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POTENTIALLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With a possibility of becoming actual

Context example:

potentially useful

Pertainym:

potential (existing in possibility)

 Context examples 

These tools allowed the researchers to track microbial chemical changes and human gene regulatory shifts, potentially leading to new therapies.

(New findings reveal how microbiome is disrupted during disease flare-ups, National Science Foundation)

There are other potentially concerning links, too.

(New Link Found between Alzheimer's & Gum Disease Bacteria, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Since evidence indicates that carbohydrate structures are involved in intercellular communication, inhibition potentially results in decreased cancer cell growth, invasiveness, and metastasis.

(Carbohydrate Processing Inhibition, NCI Thesaurus)

A 40-carbon hydrocarbon precursor of carotenoids radiolabeled to carbon C 13 and potentially used for tracer purposes of phytoene in vivo.

(Carbon C 13 Phytoene, NCI Thesaurus)

This inhibits the religation of topoisomerase I-mediated single-stranded DNA breaks and produces potentially lethal double-stranded DNA breaks when encountered by the DNA replication machinery, resulting in the inhibition of DNA replication and apoptosis.

(Mureletecan, NCI Thesaurus)

The exposure to potentially harmful agents that occurs as a result of one's occupation.

(Occupational Exposure, NCI Thesaurus)

Therefore, the pegylated formulation potentially supports delivery of higher doses of paclitaxel to the specific site.

(Pegylated Paclitaxel, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutations in parkin, DJ1, and PINK1 may alter mitochondrial activity, potentially impairing proteasomal function.

(Parkinson's Disease Pathway KEGG, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

This results in an inhibition of extracellular matrix protein degradation and, potentially, the inhibition of angiogenesis, tumor growth, invasion, and metastasis.

(Anti-MMP-9 Monoclonal Antibody GS-5745, NCI Thesaurus)

A side benefit of the process is that the carbon can hold electrical charge, becoming a supercapacitor, so it could potentially be used as a component in future vehicles.

(Scientists Turn CO2 into Solid Coal, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)