potency
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5.6
- noun
- /ˈpoʊtənsɪ/
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potencia
- We get these golden moments, these choice points that have incredible potency to to write the story of the rest of our lives.
- potency and act
- creative potency
- human potency
We have root zone, which has the toady potency, the ability to produce roots.
- We have root zone, which has the toady potency, the ability to produce roots.
- She speaks about accepting our emotions, vulnerability, mentorship, honest communication, and the potency latent in rest.
- I think that a stem cell can be defined as a cell of variable potency that has the capacity to self renew.
- OK, the potency for long term learning comes from relearning, which in essence just means do it again.
Examples
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The hat had a symbolic potency for Freud that remained undiminished long into his adulthood.
Academic text (2004) -
And so I want to leverage that same potency of narrative to get people on a narrative train that helps them and helps society.
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OK, How do you test the potency of these ES cells?
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If one regards the human mind as simply potency, it is a purely natural reality.
Academic text (2008) -
It has very high growth potency, then it forms more and more.
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I completely agree with your observations of the potency and beauty of Lake Moraine.
Blog text (34) -
All of these elements demonstrate the potency and significance of the debate around the nature of the regime in Turkey.
Academic text (2000) -
So the core to the principle is that people tend to learn from their own experiences with much more potency then they learn from other people's experiences.
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Foreigners always exaggerate the potency of the leaf in its natural form.
Fiction book (1995) -
The new fertilizer has a high potency that allows plants to grow faster and healthier.
Synonyms
638
3.2
The ability to develop or succeed in the future
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7.2
A natural ability to develop or become real in the future
Antonyms
How Likely
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Morphology
Etymology
Potency comes from Latin potentia meaning 'power' and is the same root as potential, which points to what can become real. That's why potency in this sense means the inner 'capacity' or 'possible power' something has to grow or happen.