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potence

noun

Etymology

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

  1. derived from potentia
  2. borrowed from potence

Definitions

  1. Power or strength

    Power or strength; potency.

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

The neighborhood

Derived

counterpotence, idempotence, nilpotence, unipotence, cross potence

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for potence. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA