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potency
(mass) | potency
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potency
(encz) | potency,potence n: Zdeněk Brož |
potency
(encz) | potency,vliv n: Zdeněk Brož |
Potency
(gcide) | Potency \Po"ten*cy\, n. [L. potentia, from potens, -entis,
potent. See Potent, and cf. Potance, Potence,
Puissance.]
The quality or state of being potent; physical or moral
power; inherent strength; energy; ability to effect a
purpose; capability; efficacy; influence. "Drugs of potency."
--Hawthorne.
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A place of potency and away o' the state. --Shak.
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potency
(wn) | potency
n 1: the power or right to give orders or make decisions; "he
has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given
authorization to make arrests"; "a place of potency in the
state" [syn: authority, authorization, authorisation,
potency, dominance, say-so]
2: capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects;
"the toxin's potency"; "the strength of the drinks" [syn:
potency, effectiveness, strength]
3: the inherent capacity for coming into being [syn:
potential, potentiality, potency]
4: the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual
intercourse [syn: potency, potence] [ant: impotence,
impotency] |
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idempotency
(encz) | idempotency,idempotence n: [mat.] Jiří Drbálekidempotency,idempotentnost n: [mat.] Nijel; Jiří Drbálek |
impotency
(encz) | impotency,bezmocnost n: Zdeněk Brožimpotency,impotence n: Zdeněk Brož |
totipotency
(encz) | totipotency, n: |
Impotency
(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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Omnipotency
(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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Plenipotency
(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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Potency
(gcide) | Potency \Po"ten*cy\, n. [L. potentia, from potens, -entis,
potent. See Potent, and cf. Potance, Potence,
Puissance.]
The quality or state of being potent; physical or moral
power; inherent strength; energy; ability to effect a
purpose; capability; efficacy; influence. "Drugs of potency."
--Hawthorne.
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A place of potency and away o' the state. --Shak.
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Prepotency
(gcide) | Prepotency \Pre*po"ten*cy\, n. [L. praepotentia: cf. F.
pr['e]potence.]
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1. The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance.
[Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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2. (Biol.) The capacity, on the part of one of the parents,
as compared with the other, to transmit more than his or
her own share of characteristics to their offspring.
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impotency
(wn) | impotency
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] |
prepotency
(wn) | prepotency
n 1: the state of being predominant over others [syn:
predominance, predomination, prepotency] |
totipotency
(wn) | totipotency
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] |
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