力,勢,權力
Puissance \Pu"is*sance\, n. [F., fr. puissant. See {Puissant}, and cf. {Potency}, {Potance}, {Potence}.] Power; strength; might; force; potency. `` Youths of puissance.'' --Tennyson. The power and puissance of the king. --Shak. Note: In Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton, puissance and puissant are usually dissyllables.
puissance n : power to influence or coerce; "the puissance of the labor vote"