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counterpotence en · NOUN

Etymology

From counter- + potence.

Meanings

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.
   • This will allow the complete counterpotence, pivoted at its part (38), to be lifted and swung out 1981, Chilton's Jewelers' Circular/Keystone, page 102:
   • […] 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:

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