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puissance

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Noun
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun puissance has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

puissancen. [F., fr. puissant. See Puissant, and cf. Potency, Potance, Potence.].
     Power; strength; might; force; potency.  Tennyson.  [1913 Webster]
    " In Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton, puissance and puissant are usually dissyllables."  [1913 Webster]
    "The power and puissance of the king."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

puissance, n.
1 also a test of a horse's ability to jump large obstacles in showjumping.
2 archaic great power, might, or influence.

Etymology
ME (in sense 2) f. OF (as PUISSANT)

ROGET THESAURUS

puissance

Power

N power, potency, potentiality, jiva, puissance, might, force, energy, dint, right hand, right arm, ascendency, sway, control, prepotency, prepollence, almightiness, omnipotence, authority, strength, ability, ableness, competency, efficacy, efficiency, productivity, expertise (skill), validity, cogency, enablement, vantage ground, influence, pressure, conductivity, elasticity, gravity, electricity, magnetism, galvanism, voltaic electricity, voltaism, electromagnetism, atomic power, nuclear power, thermonuclear power, fuel cell, hydraulic power, water power, hydroelectric power, solar power, solar energy, solar panels, tidal power, wind power, attraction, vis inertiae, vis mortua, vis viva, potential energy, dynamic energy, dynamic friction, dynamic suction, live circuit, live rail, live wire, capability, capacity, quid valeant humeri quid ferre recusent, faculty, quality, attribute, endowment, virtue, gift, property, qualification, susceptibility, powerful, puissant, potential, capable, able, equal to, up to, cogent, valid, efficient, productive, effective, effectual, efficacious, adequate, competent, multipotent, plenipotent, omnipotent, almighty, forcible, (energetic), influential, productive, powerfully, by virtue of, by dint of, a toute force, dos moi pou sto kai kino ten gen, eripuit coelo fulmen sceptrumque tyrannis, fortis cadere cedere non potest.

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