Potency

(noun.) capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects; 'the toxin's potency'; 'the strength of the drinks'.

(noun.) the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse.

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• In a strange uplift of elation she saw him, the being never to be revealed, awful in its potency, mystic and real. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• But we also mean by capacity an ability, a power; and by potentiality potency, force. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• She sat in a fullness and a pure potency that was like apathy, mindless and immobile. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.

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