POWER
\pˈa͡ʊə], \pˈaʊə], \p_ˈaʊ_ə]\
Definitions of POWER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his powers of discrimination"
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one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority; "the mysterious presence of an evil power"; "may the force be with you"; "the forces of evil"
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physical strength
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supply the force or power for the functioning of; "The gasoline powers the engines"
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(physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second)
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(of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power; "being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage"; "during his first year in office"; "during his first year in power"; "the power of the president"
By Princeton University
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possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his powers of discrimination"
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one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority; "the mysterious presence of an evil power"; "may the force be with you"; "the forces of evil"
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physical strength
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(of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power; "being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage"; "during his first year in power"
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supply the force or power for the functioning of; "The gasoline powers the engines"
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(physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Same as Poor, the fish.
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Ability to act, regarded as latent or inherent; the faculty of doing or performing something; capacity for action or performance; capability of producing an effect, whether physical or moral: potency; might; as, a man of great power; the power of capillary attraction; money gives power.
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Ability, regarded as put forth or exerted; strength, force, or energy in action; as, the power of steam in moving an engine; the power of truth, or of argument, in producing conviction; the power of enthusiasm.
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Capacity of undergoing or suffering; fitness to be acted upon; susceptibility; -- called also passive power; as, great power of endurance.
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The exercise of a faculty; the employment of strength; the exercise of any kind of control; influence; dominion; sway; command; government.
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The agent exercising an ability to act; an individual invested with authority; an institution, or government, which exercises control; as, the great powers of Europe; hence, often, a superhuman agent; a spirit; a divinity.
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A military or naval force; an army or navy; a great host.
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A large quantity; a great number; as, a power o/ good things.
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The rate at which mechanical energy is exerted or mechanical work performed, as by an engine or other machine, or an animal, working continuously; as, an engine of twenty horse power.
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A mechanical agent; that from which useful mechanical energy is derived; as, water power; steam power; hand power, etc.
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A machine acted upon by an animal, and serving as a motor to drive other machinery; as, a dog power.
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The product arising from the multiplication of a number into itself; as, a square is the second power, and a cube is third power, of a number.
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Mental or moral ability to act; one of the faculties which are possessed by the mind or soul; as, the power of thinking, reasoning, judging, willing, fearing, hoping, etc.
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The degree to which a lens, mirror, or any optical instrument, magnifies; in the telescope, and usually in the microscope, the number of times it multiplies, or augments, the apparent diameter of an object; sometimes, in microscopes, the number of times it multiplies the apparent surface.
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An authority enabling a person to dispose of an interest vested either in himself or in another person; ownership by appointment.
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Hence, vested authority to act in a given case; as, the business was referred to a committee with power.
By Oddity Software
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The exertion of a strong influence or control over others in a variety of settings--administrative, social, academic, etc.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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State of being able to do or perform something; energy put forth; force; strength; rule; authority; state or nation; great influence; the rate at which mechanical energy is put forth; as, ten horse power; the result obtained by multiplying a number by itself; as, four is the second power of two.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Strength: energy: faculty of the mind: any agency: moving force of anything: rule: authority: influence: ability: capacity: a ruler: a divinity: the result of the continued multiplication of a quantity by itself any given number of times: (optics) magnifying strength: (obs.) a great many.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Powerless.
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Authority.
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Strength manifested in effective action; energy.
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Any agent that exercises power.
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Powerly.
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Powerness.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The faculty of doing or performing anything; force; strength; energy; ability; influence; dominion; authority; a ruler; one who or that which has power; a divinity; a supernatural being supposed to have dominion over some part of creation; military force: legal authority; that which produces motion or force; the product arising from the multiplication of a number or quantity into itself. Power of attorney, a written authority to act for another.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Ability; capacity; strength; energy; faculty or energy of mind; influence; rule or authority; a sovereign; one invested with authority.
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A supernatural being or agent; in arith. and alg., the product arising from the multiplying of a quantity or number into itself one or more time; in law, a reservation in a deed or agreement; in mech., the moving force of a body or machine, or that which produces it; in optics, the maguifying strength.
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Possessing power, as a power-loom.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Faculty-p. Inherent. Irritability-p. Sensorial, see Sensorial-p. Tonic, Irritability.
By Robley Dunglison
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n. [French, Latin] Ability to act, regarded as latent or inherent ;--physical strength; force ; might ; -mental ability ; talent ; faculty;-moral ability ; energy ; determination ; influence ; control; ability to move and direct;--authority; command ; the governing prince or magistrate ; government ; ruler ;-the divinity ;-an angel, either good. or bad ;-a host ; a military or naval force; an army ; navy;-that which produces motion ; impulse ; impetus; momentum;-one of the six mechanical contrivances on which all machines are constructed ;-the moving or driving force of an engine or machine ;- that by which force is applied or mechanical advantage gained ;-the degree to which a lens, mirror, or other optical instrument magnifies ;-authority ; legal warrant ; - in mathematics and algebra, the product arising from the multiplication of a number into itself ; -colloquially, a great number or quantity ; a multitude ; a mass.
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