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Meanings of potency in English

Portuguese
autorização
Catalan
domini
Spanish
dominio

The power or right to give orders or make decisions.

        autorização
        Portuguese
        potencia
        Catalan
        potència
        Spanish
        potencia

        Capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects.

              potencia
              Catalan
              potencial
              Spanish
              potencial

              The inherent capacity for coming into being.

                    potencial
                    Portuguese
                    potência
                    Catalan
                    potència
                    Spanish
                    potencia

                    The state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse.

                        potência
                        Usage of potency in English
                        1
                        This week we have again seen the political potency of water charges.
                        The Irish Times
                        2
                        Bell said the government may want to consider dropping that potency limit.
                        Radio NZ
                        3
                        At higher intensities, there was a consistent reduced potency effect across studies.
                        Pubmed
                        4
                        Regarding clinical use, we tested the potency of MSC from different sources.
                        Pubmed
                        5
                        Experts have said ricin in this form would have a low potency.
                        Reuters
                        6
                        AveXis had switched its method for measuring Zolgensma's potency in animal studies.
                        Reuters
                        7
                        Prescribers and users need to take herbal medicines and their potency seriously.
                        The Irish Times
                        8
                        The environmental fate and potency of mutagenic compounds is of growing concern.
                        Pubmed
                        9
                        The order of potency was isoproterenol greater than epinephrine greater than norepinephrine.
                        Pubmed
                        10
                        THE potency of our libel law was illustrated once more last week.
                        The Irish Times
                        11
                        As if the forward line at the Etihad needed any more potency.
                        The South African
                        12
                        Increasing alkyl chain length also resulted in increased potency of glucosyltransferase inhibition.
                        Pubmed
                        13
                        There was a broad general trend of improved potency with higher lipophilicity.
                        Pubmed
                        14
                        Even all the use and potency of the laws depend upon them.
                        Lord Elgin
                        15
                        Its antiangiogenic potency persists and is more intensive 48 hours after treatment.
                        Pubmed
                        16
                        It's a strange jewel and of terrible potency; that much I know.
                        The Blind Spot
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