underpotential

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Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *-tér
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Indo-European *h₂én
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi
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Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí
Proto-Indo-European *-ér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér
Proto-Germanic *under
Proto-West Germanic *undar
Old English under-
Middle English under-
English under-
Proto-Indo-European *pótis
Proto-Italic *potis
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
Proto-Italic *-ējō
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁tiinflu.
Proto-Italic *-ēō
Proto-Italic *potēō
Proto-Italic *potēnts
Latin potēns
Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós
Proto-Italic *-ijos
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -iusnom.
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Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā)influ.
Latin -ia
Latin potentia
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Late Latin potentialisder.
English potential
English underpotential

    From under- + potential.

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    Noun

    underpotential (plural underpotentials)

    1. (physics, chemistry) A potential (for the deposition of a metal on a surface) that is greater than that predicted by the Nernst equation.

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