power
Potency ( Latin potentia , power, strength, ability, ability ') stands for:
- the ability of the penis to erect
- originally the fertility
- Power (geometry) , a measure of the position of a point in relation to a circle
- Power (mathematics) , a mathematical calculation operation
- Potency (Schelling) , a fundamental term in Schelling's philosophy
- Potency (pharmacology) , a measure of the strength of a drug
- Potentiation (homeopathy) , the degree to which a shaking extract is diluted
- Analgesic potency , effectiveness of the analgesic effect in medicine
- Ecological potency , the adaptability of organisms or ecological systems to environmental changes
- in philosophy the (as yet) unrealized possibility, see act and potency
- in theoretical computer science, the concatenation of a formal language with itself, see formal language
- in the theory of formal languages the concatenation of a word with itself, see word (theoretical computer science)
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Wiktionary: Potency - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations