"potence" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: potences [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French potence (“power, a crutch”), from Latin potentia (“power, in Medieval Latin also crutch”), from potens (“powerful”); see potent. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|potence||power, a crutch}} Middle French potence (“power, a crutch”), {{der|en|ML.|-}} Medieval Latin, {{der|en|la|potentia||power, in Medieval Latin also crutch}} Latin potentia (“power, in Medieval Latin also crutch”), {{m|la|potens||powerful}} potens (“powerful”), {{m|en|potent}} potent Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} potence (countable and uncountable, plural potences)
  1. Power or strength; potency. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-potence-en-noun-v3-tNufB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54
  2. A stud that acts as a support of a pivot in a watch or clock. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-potence-en-noun-RiVWVkS6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: counterpotence, idempotence, nilpotence, unipotence, cross potence Related terms: potency, potent, potentate, potential, potentiality

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