Power

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Etymology

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Noun

1. The ability to do or undergo something.

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2. Template:Lb The ability to coerce, influenceTemplate:, or control.
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   1. Template:Lb The ability to affect or influence.

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   2. The ability or authority to control, govern, command, coerce, etc., such as in a legal, political or business sphere.

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   3. Template:Lb The people in charge of legal or political power, the government.

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   4. Template:Lb A strong or influential nation, company, or other such body.

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   5. Template:Lb An army, a military force.
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3. Template:Lb Template:Cap, energy.
   1. Physical force or strength.

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   3. The production or flow of energy providing means to do work.

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   4. Template:Senseid Template:Lb Electricity or a supply of electricity.

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   5. Template:Lb The rate at which work is done or energy is transferred, expressed in units of energy per unit of time.

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   6. The strength by which a lens or mirror magnifies an optical image.

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4. Template:Senseid Template:Lb A large amount or number.

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5. Any of the elementary forms or parts of machines: three primary (the lever, inclined plane, and pulley) and three secondary (the wheel-and-axle, wedge, and screw).

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6. Template:Lb A tractor.

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7. Template:Lb A measure of the effectiveness that a force producing a physical effect has over time. If linear, the quotient of: (force multiplied by the displacement of or in an object) ÷ time. If rotational, the quotient of: (force multiplied by the angle of displacement) ÷ time.
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   1. Template:SenseidA product of equal factors (and generalizations of this notion): $x^n$, read as "$x$ to the power of $n$" or the like, is called a power and denotes the product $x\times x\times \cdots \times x$, where $x$ appears $n$ times in the product; $x$ is called the base and $n$ the exponent.
   2. Template:Lb Cardinality.
   3. Template:Lb The probability that a statistical test will reject the null hypothesis when the alternative hypothesis is true.
9. Template:Lb In Christian angelology, an intermediate level of angels, ranked above archangels, but exact position varies by classification scheme.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:power

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Verb

1. Template:Lb To provide power for (a mechanical or electronic device).

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4. Template:Lb To move or advance with great force or speed.
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1. Template:Lb Impressive.
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Etymology 1

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Adjective

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