potence
nounEtymology Borrowed from Middle French potence (“power, a crutch”), from Latin potentia (“power, in Medieval Latin also crutch”), from potens (“powerful”); see potent.
1
Power or strength; potency.
2
A stud that acts as a support of a pivot in a watch or clock.
- Derived terms
- counterpotence, idempotence, nilpotence, unipotence, cross potence
- Related terms
- potency, potent, potentate, potential, potentiality