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counterpotences

counterpotences is the plural of counterpotence.

Meaning of counterpotence

Noun

counterpotence (plural counterpotences)

  1. A stud with a horizontally pierced hole that sits near the underside of the top plate of a watch and secures the follower of the pivot held by the potence.
    • […] wheel turns with one end in a branch c of the potence I, and the other in the counterpotence J.1868, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining and Engineering, volume 1, page 859

Questions about counterpotences

What is counterpotences the plural of?
Counterpotences is the plural of counterpotence.

Words near counterpotences in the dictionary

  1. counterpositional
  2. counterpositions
  3. counterpossible
  4. counterpossibles
  5. counterpotence
  6. counterpotences
  7. counterpotent
  8. counterpotente
  9. counterpotents
  10. counterpotenty
  11. counterpower

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