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puissance — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • load verb To put a quantity of goods, cargo, or material onto or into something for transport or storage.
  • might aux Used to show that something is possible, though not certain.
  • potency noun The strength or power of something, such as a drug or an argument.
  • power noun The ability to do something, or to control and influence people or events.

Senses

puissance is used for these senses in English:

  • load (electrical engineering) The electrical current or power delivered by a device.
  • might (countable, uncountable) Power, strength, force, or influence held by a person or group.
  • potency Power, authority.
  • power Physical force or strength.
  • puissance power, might or potency
  • to the power of (mathematics) Indicating an exponent.

load — full definition

  1. verb To put a quantity of goods, cargo, or material onto or into something for transport or storage.
  2. verb To fill a weapon with ammunition, ready it can be fired.
  3. verb To transfer data or a program from storage into a computer's working memory, or for a webpage/app to open and become ready.
  4. noun The amount of something being carried, supported, or dealt with.

might — full definition

  1. aux Used to show that something is possible, though not certain.
  2. noun Great power, strength, or force.
  3. aux The past tense of "may", used to ask permission or describe a past possibility.

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