noun
Meaning 1
Power or strength; potency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
potence
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noun
Meaning 2
A stud that acts as a support of a pivot in a watch or clock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: potency
Antonyms: impotence
Broader terms: physical condition, physiological state, physiological condition
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French potence (“power, a crutch”), from Latin potentia (“power, in Medieval Latin also crutch”), from potens (“powerful”); see potent.