potency
capacity to be, become, or develop; potentiality.
a person or thing exerting power or influence.
Mathematics. cardinal number (def. 2).
Origin of potency
1- Also potence .
Other words for potency
Other words from potency
- o·ver·po·ten·cy, noun
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How to use potency in a sentence
The 26-year-old was only a few months into his new job at Praxis Laboratory, a Washington state lab that conducts consumer safety tests and THC potency analysis for legal cannabis products.
The difficulty is “finding a way to manufacture it in a way that is acceptable to the FDA in terms of purity and potency,” says Bartee.
Studies suggest the potency has tripled in just a few years.
Numerous academic groups are rushing to study the vaccines’ potency in immunocompromised people.
A Tiny Number of People Will Be Hospitalized Despite Being Vaccinated. We Have to Learn Why. | by Caroline Chen | April 14, 2021 | ProPublicaAt the same time, Tuesday’s announcement marks the latest in a series of inconsistent conclusions about the potency of Sinovac’s vaccine, which has now produced four different efficacy results across three continents.
Why did the efficacy of China’s top vaccine drop from 78% to 50%? | Grady McGregor | January 13, 2021 | Fortune
The problem comes at this point because the liquid loses its potency within an hour even in ideal conditions.
Powdered Measles Vaccine Could Be Huge for Developing World | Kent Sepkowitz | December 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe need to believe that Taylor's actions yesterday are pure, or the transparency loses its potency.
Taylor Swift Dumps Spotify, Igniting Turf War Between Spotify and Apple | Dale Eisinger | November 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLukaku—a bull of a man who at 21 is shaping up to be a player of lasting potency—made an immediate, deadly impact.
Team USA Goes Down Swinging in 2-1 World Cup Loss to Belgium | Tunku Varadarajan | July 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIf one word—soccer (or football)—sums up Uruguay, two words—Luis Suárez—capture the potency of the Uruguayan game.
Uruguay’s Luis Suárez Puts Two Stakes Through England’s Heart | Tunku Varadarajan | June 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere are thousands of different probiotic options on the market, all with varying potency and ingredients.
They have a living faith in the potency of the Horse-Guards, and in the maxim that "Safe bind is sure find."
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyThe wine was strong, or this mountain air added to the potency of its effects upon us.
The Light That Lures | Percy BrebnerA more ghastly sight, or an object-lesson of more potency, could scarcely be imagined.
Spanish Life in Town and Country | L. Higgin and Eugne E. StreetAn attempt to imagine a body destitute of thy potency, would be to bankrupt and deaden the material universe.
Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. | John Uri LloydThe Egyptians obtained from that sacred land incense-bearing trees which had magical potency.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria | Donald A. Mackenzie
British Dictionary definitions for potency
potence
/ (ˈpəʊtənsɪ) /
the state or quality of being potent
latent or inherent capacity for growth or development
Origin of potency
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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