Definition of powers Powers
/pawˈɚz/ - [pawerz] -
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Wiktionary 
- powers (Noun)
Plural of Power.
Part of speech
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| power - possession of controlling influence; "the deterrent power of nuclear weapons"; "the power of his love saved her"; "his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade" | ||
| powerfulness | ||
| powerlessness, impotence, impotency the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble | ||
| powerful having great power or force or potency or effect; "the most powerful government in western Europe"; "his powerful arms"; "a powerful bomb"; "the horse's powerful kick"; "powerful drugs"; "a powerful argument" | ||
| powerless lacking power | ||
| quality an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare | ||
| effectiveness, potency, strength power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect | ||
| valence, valency (chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent) | ||
| valence, valency (chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent) | ||
| preponderance exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight; "the least preponderance in either pan will unbalance the scale" | ||
| puissance power to influence or coerce; "the puissance of the labor vote" | ||
| persuasiveness, strength the power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty; "the strength of his argument settled the matter" | ||
| irresistibility, irresistibleness the quality of being overpowering and impossible to resist | ||
| interestingness, interest the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.); "they said nothing of great interest"; "primary colors can add interest to a room" | ||
| throttlehold, chokehold, stranglehold a restraining hold; someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind; "he grabbed the woman in a chokehold, demanded her cash and jewelry, and then fled" | ||
| sway controlling influence | ||
| influence causing something without any direct or apparent effort | ||
| repellant, repellent the power to repel; "she knew many repellents to his advances" | ||
| control the activity of managing or exerting control over something; "the control of the mob by the police was admirable" | ||
| legal power, jurisdiction (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law; "courts having jurisdiction in this district" | ||
| disposal the act or means of getting rid of something | ||
| free will, discretion the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies | ||
| veto a vote that blocks a decision | ||
| power - 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" | ||
| force | ||
| causal agency, causal agent, cause any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | ||
| steamroller, juggernaut vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements | ||
| influence causing something without any direct or apparent effort | ||
| power - (physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second) | ||
| physical phenomenon a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy | ||
| natural philosophy, physics the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics" | ||
| electric power, electrical power, wattage the product of voltage and current | ||
| power - possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his powers of discrimination" | ||
| ability | ||
| inability lacking the power to perform | ||
| able (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something; "able to swim"; "she was able to program her computer"; "we were at last able to buy a car"; "able to get a grant for the project" | ||
| cognition, knowledge, noesis the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning | ||
| know-how the (technical) knowledge and skill required to do something | ||
| leadership the activity of leading; "his leadership inspired the team" | ||
| intelligence the operation of gathering information about an enemy | ||
| aptitude inherent ability | ||
| bilingualism the ability to speak two languages colloquially | ||
| mental ability, capacity a specified function; "he was employed in the capacity of director"; "he should be retained in his present capacity at a higher salary" | ||
| creative thinking, creativeness, creativity the ability to create | ||
| originality the quality of being new and original (not derived from something else) | ||
| science, skill a particular branch of scientific knowledge; "the science of genetics" | ||
| acquirement, accomplishment, skill, attainment, acquisition the action of accomplishing something | ||
| hand physical assistance; "give me a hand with the chores" | ||
| superior skill more than ordinary ability | ||
| power - (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" | ||
| office | ||
| state the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" | ||
| governing, government activity, governance, government, administration the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government" | ||
| executive clemency the power (usually of a president or governor) to pardon or commute the sentence of someone convicted in that jurisdiction | ||
| power - a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself | ||
| exponent, index | ||
| mathematical notation a notation used by mathematicians | ||
| degree a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree" | ||
| power - physical strength | ||
| might, mightiness | ||
| strength the property of being physically or mentally strong; "fatigue sapped his strength" | ||
| power - a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world | ||
| world power, major power, great power, superpower | ||
| body politic, res publica, commonwealth, nation, country, state, land a world organization of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one another | ||
| power - a very wealthy or powerful businessman; "an oil baron" | ||
| baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, top executive, tycoon | ||
| businessman, man of affairs a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive) | ||
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| power - supply the force or power for the functioning of; "The gasoline powers the engines" | ||
| cater, supply, ply, provide supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquets | ||
| drive move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?" | ||
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Wiktionary
- power (Noun)
Capability or influence. - power (Noun)
Physical force or strength. - power (Noun)
Control, particularly legal or political jurisdiction. - power (Noun)
Electricity or a supply of electricity. - power (Noun)
A measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy. - power (Noun)
A rate to magnify an optical image by a lens or mirror. - power (Noun)
In Christian angelology, the fourth level of angels, ranked above archangels and below principalities. - power (Noun)
A product of equal factors. Notation and usage: xn, read as "x to the power of n" or "x to the nth power", denotes x × x × ... × x, in which x appears n times, where n is called the exponent; the definition is extended to non- integer and complex exponents. - power (Noun)
Cardinality. - power (Noun)
The probability that a statistical test will reject the null hypothesis when the alternative hypothesis is true. - power (Noun)
The people in charge of legal or political power, the goverment. - power (Verb)
To provide power for a mechanical or electronic device. - power (Verb)
To hit or kick something forcefully.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- power (n.)
Same as Poor, the fish. - power (n.)
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. - power (n.)
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. - power (n.)
Capacity of undergoing or suffering; fitness to be acted upon; susceptibility; -- called also passive power; as, great power of endurance. - power (n.)
The exercise of a faculty; the employment of strength; the exercise of any kind of control; influence; dominion; sway; command; government. - power (n.)
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. - power (n.)
A military or naval force; an army or navy; a great host. - power (n.)
A large quantity; a great number; as, a power o/ good things. - power (n.)
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. - power (n.)
A mechanical agent; that from which useful mechanical energy is derived; as, water power; steam power; hand power, etc. - power (n.)
Applied force; force producing motion or pressure; as, the power applied at one and of a lever to lift a weight at the other end. - power (n.)
A machine acted upon by an animal, and serving as a motor to drive other machinery; as, a dog power. - power (n.)
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. - power (n.)
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. - power (n.)
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. - power (n.)
An authority enabling a person to dispose of an interest vested either in himself or in another person; ownership by appointment. - power (n.)
Hence, vested authority to act in a given case; as, the business was referred to a committee with power.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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Physics: ratio of the performed work to the time needed for it; the rate of doing work, measured in watts. -
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capability of doing or accomplishing something. -
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Muscular capacity to modify the speed of an external physical object, to deform it or to oppose another force.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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pow′ėr, n. that in a person or a thing which enables them to act on other persons or things: strength: energy: faculty of the mind: any agency: moving force of anything: right to command: rule: authority: influence: ability: capacity of suffering: 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.—adjs. Pow′ered, having power; Pow′erful, having great power: mighty: intense: forcible: efficacious.—adv. Pow′erfully.—ns. Pow′erfulness; Pow′er-house, a house where mechanical power (esp. electric) is generated.—adj. Pow′erless, without power: weak: impotent.—adv. Pow′erlessly.—ns. Pow′erlessness; Pow′er-loom, a loom worked by some mechanical power, as water, steam, &c.—Power of attorney (see Attorney); Power of sale, a clause in securities and wills empowering property referred to to be sold on certain conditions; Powers, or Great Powers (see Great).—Absolute power, power subject to no control by law; Civil power, power of governing a state; Mechanical powers (see Mechanical). [O. Fr. poer (Fr. pouvoir)—Low L. pot-ĕre, to be able.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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Mechanical force; in the steam-engine it is esteemed effective, expansive, or full. (See HORSE-POWER.)
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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In military affairs as well as in all others, is knowledge--of human passions--of arms--of distance--of the skill and numbers of an enemy. To be in the power of an enemy, is to have taken up, injudiciously, such a position as to expose you to a defeat whenever the enemy may think proper to attack you.
Wikipedia 
- The Chinese call it chi. The Japanese call it kiai.
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physics
In physics, power (symbol: "P") is the rate at which work is performed or energy is transferred. In the SI system of measurement, power is measured in watts (symbol: W).
It may take a certain amount of work to effect a change in the world, like lifting a heavy weight to a higher level. It makes no difference if the weight is lifted slowly or quickly, the same amount of work will have been performed. The difference between a slow lift and a quick lift is that a quick lift requires more Power. That is the work can be done in a shorter time if there is more power available.
Power in optics.
In optics, or radiometry, the term "power" sometimes refers to radiant flux, the average rate of energy transport by electromagnetic radiation, measured in watts. But the term "power" is also used to express the ability of a lens or other optical device to focus light. It is measured in dioptres (inverse metres), and is equal to one over the focal length of the optical device.
