English Explanatory Dictionary

potence

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Power or strength; potency.
  2. A stud that acts as a support of a pivot in a watch or clock.

Word forms

potence potences

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French potence (“power, a crutch”), from Latin potentia (“power, in Medieval Latin also crutch”), from potens (“powerful”); see potent.

Related words

potency potent potentate potential potentiality

Derived words

counterpotence idempotence nilpotence unipotence cross potence
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