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potence
(czen) | potence,potenciesn: pl. |
potence
(czen) | potence,potencyn: Zdeněk Brož |
potence
(czen) | potence,virilityn: Zdeněk Brož |
Potence
(gcide) | Potence \Po"tence\, n. [F., fr. LL. potentia staff, crutch, L.,
might, power. See Potency.]
Potency; capacity. [R.] --Sir W. Hamilton.
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potence
(wn) | potence
n 1: the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual
intercourse [syn: potency, potence] [ant: impotence,
impotency] |
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idempotence
(encz) | idempotence,idempotence n: [mat.] Jiří Drbálekidempotence,idempotentnost n: [mat.] Jiří Drbálek |
impotence
(encz) | impotence,bezmocnost n: Zdeněk Brožimpotence,impotence n: Zdeněk Brožimpotence,nemohoucnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
omnipotence
(encz) | omnipotence,všemocnost n: Zdeněk Brožomnipotence,všemohoucnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
totipotence
(encz) | totipotence, n: |
idempotence
(czen) | idempotence,idempotencen: [mat.] Jiří Drbálekidempotence,idempotencyn: [mat.] Jiří Drbálek |
impotence
(czen) | impotence,impotencen: Zdeněk Brožimpotence,impotencyn: Zdeněk Brož |
Armipotence
(gcide) | Armipotence \Ar*mip"o*tence\, n. [L. armipotentia, fr.
armipotents.]
Power in arms. [R.] --Johnson.
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Flank en potence
(gcide) | Flank \Flank\ (fl[a^][ng]k), n. [F. flanc, prob. fr. L. flaccus
flabby, with n inserted. Cf. Flaccid, Flanch, Flange.]
1. The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal,
between the ribs and the hip. See Illust. of Beef.
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2. (Mil.)
(a) The side of an army, or of any division of an army, as
of a brigade, regiment, or battalion; the extreme
right or left; as, to attack an enemy in flank is to
attack him on the side.
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When to right and left the front
Divided, and to either flank retired. --Milton.
(b) (Fort.) That part of a bastion which reaches from the
curtain to the face, and defends the curtain, the
flank and face of the opposite bastion; any part of a
work defending another by a fire along the outside of
its parapet. See Illust. of Bastion.
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3. (Arch.) The side of any building. --Brands.
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4. That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that
lies within the pitch line.
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Flank attack (Mil.), an attack upon the side of an army or
body of troops, distinguished from one upon its front or
rear.
Flank company (Mil.), a certain number of troops drawn up
on the right or left of a battalion; usually grenadiers,
light infantry, or riflemen.
Flank defense (Fort.), protection of a work against undue
exposure to an enemy's direct fire, by means of the fire
from other works, sweeping the ground in its front.
Flank en potence (Mil.), any part of the right or left wing
formed at a projecting angle with the line.
Flank files, the first men on the right, and the last on
the left, of a company, battalion, etc.
Flank march, a march made parallel or obliquely to an
enemy's position, in order to turn it or to attack him on
the flank.
Flank movement, a change of march by an army, or portion of
one, in order to turn one or both wings of the enemy, or
to take up a new position.
Flanks of a frontier, salient points in a national
boundary, strengthened to protect the frontier against
hostile incursion.
Flank patrol, detachments acting independently of the
column of an army, but patrolling along its flanks, to
secure it against surprise and to observe the movements of
the enemy.
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Ignipotence
(gcide) | Ignipotence \Ig*nip"o*tence\, n.
Power over fire. [R.]
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Impotence
(gcide) | Impotence \Im"po*tence\, Impotency \Im"po*ten*cy\, n. [L.
impotenia inability, poverty, lack of moderation. See
Impotent.]
1. The quality or condition of being impotent; lack of
strength or power, animal, intellectual, or moral;
weakness; feebleness; inability; imbecility.
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Some were poor by impotency of nature; as young
fatherless children, old decrepit persons, idiots,
and cripples. --Hayward.
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O, impotence of mind in body strong! --Milton.
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2. Lack of self-restraint or self-control. [R.] --Milton.
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3. (Law & Med.) Lack of procreative power; inability to
copulate, or beget children; also, sometimes, sterility;
barrenness; specifically, in males: the inability to
achieve or sustain a penile erection; erectile
dysfunction.
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Omnipotence
(gcide) | Omnipotence \Om*nip"o*tence\, Omnipotency \Om*nip"o*ten*cy\, n.
[L. omnipotentia: cf. F. omnipotence.]
1. The state of being omnipotent; almighty power; hence, one
who is omnipotent; the Deity.
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Will Omnipotence neglect to save
The suffering virtue of the wise and brave? --Pope.
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2. Unlimited power of a particular kind; as, love's
omnipotence. --Denham.
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Plenipotence
(gcide) | Plenipotence \Ple*nip"o*tence\ (pl[-e]*n[i^]p"[-o]*tens),
Plenipotency \Ple*nip"o*ten*cy\ (pl[-e]*n[i^]p"[-o]*ten*s[y^]),
n.
The quality or state of being plenipotent. [R.]
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Potence
(gcide) | Potence \Po"tence\, n. [F., fr. LL. potentia staff, crutch, L.,
might, power. See Potency.]
Potency; capacity. [R.] --Sir W. Hamilton.
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anti-impotence drug
(wn) | anti-impotence drug
n 1: drug to treat impotence attributable to erectile
dysfunction [syn: virility drug, anti-impotence drug] |
impotence
(wn) | impotence
n 1: the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and
feeble [syn: powerlessness, impotence, impotency]
[ant: power, powerfulness]
2: an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate [syn:
impotence, impotency] [ant: potence, potency] |
omnipotence
(wn) | omnipotence
n 1: the state of being omnipotent; having unlimited power |
totipotence
(wn) | totipotence
n 1: the ability of a cell to give rise to unlike cells and so
to develop a new organism or part; "animal cells lose their
totipotency at an early stage in embryonic development"
[syn: totipotency, totipotence] |
IMPOTENCE
(bouvier) | IMPOTENCE, med. jur. The incapacity for copulation or propagating the
species. It has also been used synonymously with sterility.
2. Impotence may be considered as incurable, curable, accidental or
temporary. Absolute or incurable impotence, is that for which there is no
known relief, principally originating in some malformation or defect of the
genital organs. Where this defect existed at the time of the marriage, and
was incurable, by the ecclesiastical law and the law of several of the
American states, the marriage may be declared void ab initio. Com. Dig.
Baron and Feme, C 3; Bac. Ab. Marriage, &c., E 3; 1 Bl. Com. 440; Beck's
Med. Jur. 67; Code, lib. 5, t. 17, l. 10; Poyn. on Marr. and Div. ch. 8; 5
Paige, 554; Merl. Rep. mot Impuissance. But it seems the party naturally
impotent cannot allege that fact for the purpose of obtaining a divorce. 3
Phillim. R. 147; S. C. 1 Eng. Eccl. R. 384. See 3 Phillim. R. 325; S. C. 1
Eng. Eccl. R. 408; 1 Chit. Med. Jur. 877; 1 Par. & Fonb. 172, 173. note d;
Ryan's Med. Jur. 95. to 111; 1 Bl. Com. 440; 2 Phillim. R. 10; 1 Hagg. R.
725. See, as to the signs of impotence, 1 Briand, Med. Leg. c. 2, art. 2,
Sec. 2, n. 1; Dictionnaire des Sciences Medicales, art. Impuissance; and,
generally, Trebuchet, Jur. de la. Med. 100, 101, 102; 1 State Tr. 315; 8
State Tr. App. No. 1, p. 23; 3 Phillm. R. 147; 1 Hagg. Eccl. R. 523; Fodere,
Med. Leg. Sec. 237.
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