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puissance

/pɥi.sɑ̃s/

noun, feminine/pɥi.sɑ̃s/plural: puissances

power (physical or figuratively); dominion (state within the British Empire)

Inherited from Middle French puissance, derived from Old French puissant.

preposition/pɥi.sɑ̃s/

to the power of

Deux puissance quatre égale seize.Two to the power of four equals sixteen.

Inherited from Middle French puissance, derived from Old French puissant.