power
IPA: pˈaʊɝ
noun
- The ability to do or undergo something.
- (social) The ability to coerce, influence, or control.
- (countable) The ability to affect or influence.
- Control or coercion, particularly legal or political (jurisdiction).
- (metonymically, chiefly in the plural) The people in charge of legal or political power, the government.
- (metonymically) An influential nation, company, or other such body.
- (metonymically, archaic) An army, a military force.
- (physical, uncountable) Effectiveness.
- Physical force or strength.
- Electricity or a supply of electricity.
- A measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy.
- The strength by which a lens or mirror magnifies an optical image.
- (colloquial, dated) A large amount or number.
- 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).
- (trucking) A tractor.
- (physics, mechanics) 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.
- (mathematics)
- A product of equal factors (and generalizations of this notion): xⁿ, read as "x to the power of n" or the like, is called a power and denotes the product x×x×⋯×x, where x appears n times in the product; x is called the base and n the exponent.
- (set theory) Cardinality.
- (statistics) The probability that a statistical test will reject the null hypothesis when the alternative hypothesis is true.
- (biblical, in the plural) In Christian angelology, an intermediate level of angels, ranked above archangels, but exact position varies by classification scheme.
- A button of a computer, a video game console, or similar device, that when pressed, causes the device to be either shut down or powered up.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive) To provide power for (a mechanical or electronic device).
- (transitive) To hit or kick something forcefully.
- To enable or provide the impetus for.
adjective
- (Singapore, colloquial) Impressive.
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Examples of "power" in Sentences
- The power plant produced energy and calorific power.
- It is like giving power to someone to authorize him.
- She has the power of quintessence and absolute energy.
- To find the energy, you multiply the power by the time.
- To calculate the energy, you multiply the power by the time.
- The discus and the mace symbolize dynamic power, energy and prowess.
- The spacecraft would be powered by the one kilowatt of solar energy.
- This includes the power of arrest and the authority to carry firearms.
- The power of the central authority passed into the hands of the generals.
- The power of the rational legal authority is mentioned in the constitution.