potency

[US]/'pəʊtnsɪ/
[UK]/'potnsi/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. Power, strength; authority; effectiveness, efficacy (male) sexual potency.

Phrases & Collocations

high potency

low potency

increased potency

potency testing

Example Sentences

the unexpected potency of the rum punch.

she was given a low potency twice daily.

drugs of such potency that their misuse can have dire consequences.

the myth of declining sexual potency with increasing age.

Neotame (NTM), a derivative of aspartame, is a new nonnutritive and high-potency sweetener.

The drug will lose its potency when exposed to moisture.

So it is feasible to use mice for assaying potency of the inactivated vaccine against dairy cow chlamydiosis,thus replacing target animal dairy cow.

Quinolone is known as broad antibacterial spectrum,high potency,no crossing drugresistance with other antibacterial drugs,and easy and low cost to administer.

Dandelion has high nutritive value,medical care value,and nuisanceless quality characteristics,so its market development potency is huge.

Real-world Examples

One wonders also why Nature, with some snakes concocted poison of such extreme potency.

Source: New Concept English. British Edition. Book Four (Translation)

But industrial alcohols like methanol is(are) sometimes used to increase the potency of the drink.

Source: BBC Listening Collection March 2013

I thought that really showed there's this perceived potency that she has, but also vulnerability.

Source: Actor Dialogue (Bilingual Selection)

Users must chew great wodges of the leaf, which loses its potency just a few days after being picked.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

For example, the heart medicine nitroglycerine becomes unstable at high heat and is known to lose its potency fast.

Source: Scishow Selected Series

Industrial agriculture with engineered high yield plants, efficient machinery and high potency fertilizer feeds billions of people.

Source: Kurzgesagt science animation

As the structural nature of public health problems becomes harder to ignore, the complaint about overprotective government loses potency.

Source: Past exam papers for the English CET-6 reading section.

After a season, they get tough and start to lose their potency.

Source: Minecraft: The Dragon

Yet have I ever since wondered, and still do wonder, at the potency which lay in that maiden's magic touch.

Source: American Original Language Arts Volume 5

There was a strange potency to being wanted as much as Josh seemed to want me.

Source: Still Me (Me Before You #3)

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