potency : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: potency	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for potency
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
potency n 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" Synonym(s): authority, authorization, authorisation, potency, dominance, say-so capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects; "the toxin's potency"; "the strength of the drinks" Synonym(s): potency, effectiveness, strength the inherent capacity for coming into being Synonym(s): potential, potentiality, potency the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse Synonym(s): potency, potence Antonym(s): impotence, impotency
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Potency \Po"tency\, 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. [bd]Drugs of potency.[b8] --Hawthorne. A place of potency* and away o' the state. --Shak.