Potency - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈpəʊtnsɪ|
Brit.
|ˈpəʊtnsɪ|
noun
- the power or right to give orders or make decisions (syn: authority, authorization, dominance, say-so)
- the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse (syn: potence)
a place of potency in the state
- capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects (syn: effectiveness, strength)the toxin's potency
- the inherent capacity for coming into being (syn: potential, potentiality)- the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse (syn: potence)
Extra examples
The drug can improve sexual potency.
...vitamins of high potency that should be taken only in the proper dosage...
The myth of male superiority was losing its potency.
She unleashed, too, an olfactory effect of such nauseous potency as to make him gag and retch.
Word forms
noun
singular: potency
plural: potencies
singular: potency
plural: potencies
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