potence

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Definition of potence in English English dictionary

power or strength; potency

A stud that acts as a support of a pivot in a watch or clock

Potency; capacity

{i} potency; power; strength; force; potentiality, capacity to be

Hyphenation

po·tence

Etymology

[ 'pO-t&n(t)s ] (noun.) 15th century. Old French potence (“power, a crutch”) Latin potentia (“power, in Medieval Latin also crutch”) potens (“powerful”); see potent.