English-German translations for potent

• potent
  Sie lassen außer Acht, dass bei Deponieabfällen Methan entsteht, das ein 12fach potenteres Treibhausgas ist als CO2. They ignore the fact that landfill waste will produce methane, which is 12 times more potent a greenhouse gas than CO2.

Definition of potent

• Possessing strength
• Powerfully effective
• Having a sharp or offensive taste
• Very powerful or effective
• A heraldic fur formed by a regular tessellation of blue and white T shapes
• A staff or crutch

Examples

• a potent argument
• a potent medicine

Related words

• potential
• potentiometer
• omnipotent
• potentially
• impotent
• potentilla
• potentate
• idempotent
• nilpotent