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Definition of Potency
1. Noun. The power or right to give orders or make decisions. "A place of potency in the state"
Specialized synonyms: Power Of Appointment, Carte Blanche, Command, Imperium, Lordship, Muscle, Sovereignty
Generic synonyms: Control
Derivative terms: Dominate, Potent
2. Noun. Capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects. "The strength of the drinks"
Generic synonyms: Power, Powerfulness
Attributes: Potent, Stiff, Strong, Impotent
Derivative terms: Potent
3. Noun. The inherent capacity for coming into being.
Generic synonyms: Possibility, Possibleness
Specialized synonyms: Latency, Chance, Prospect
Attributes: Possible, Potential
Derivative terms: Potential, Potential, Potential
4. Noun. The state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse.
Generic synonyms: Physical Condition, Physiological Condition, Physiological State
Antonyms: Impotence, Impotency
Derivative terms: Potent
Definition of Potency
1. n. The quality or state of being potent; physical or moral power; inherent strength; energy; ability to effect a purpose; capability; efficacy; influence.
Definition of Potency
1. Noun. Strength ¹
2. Noun. Power ¹
3. Noun. The ability or capacity to perform something. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Potency
1. the quality of being potent [n -CIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Potency
Literary usage of Potency
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1911)
"Gosman is convinced of the harmlessness and, at the same time, of the effectiveness
of this procedure. The Influence of Age and Temperature on the potency ..."
2. Genetics; an Introduction to the Study of Heredity by Herbert Eugene Walter (1922)
"A further word of explanation for each of these three kinds of potency seems
desirable ... potency • This is complete Mendelian dominance in which even the ..."
3. The Works of Aristotle by Aristotle (1908)
"The fact that the genus is simply the potency of the differentia, ... Being as
potency and actuality. potency in the strict sense, as potency of motion, ..."
4. The Revival of Scholastic Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century by Joseph Louis Perrier (1909)
"In order to remove all possible prejudices, it will be well, before proceeding
to explain the theory of Act and potency, to quote the opinion of two men who ..."
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