Power
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Definition
- Control and influence over another entity and its actions.
- He exerted his power upon his subordinates to obtain illicit, personal satisfaction.
- The party has won power thanks to the influence of its charismatic leader.
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- Black power, a slogan which describes the aspiration of many Africans (whether they be in Africa or abroad) to national self-determination.
- Sexual power, Lady Macbeth is an ambitious woman who rules her husband with her sexual power
- Steam power, during the Industrial Revolution, steam power displaced water power and muscle power (which often came from horses) as the primary source of powe
- The Power Plant, Frankie Knuckles moved to another new venture in 1983
- The Will to Power
Power may refer to:
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Social Sciences
- Power (social and political), the ability to control people or events
- Power (international relations), power in international relations theory
- Economic power, purchasing, monopoly, bargaining, managerial, class, or short-side power
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Physics
- Power (physics), the rate at which work is performed or energy is converted
- Electric power, the rate at which electrical energy is transferred by a circuit
- Human power, the rate of work performed by a human
- Motive power, an agent used to create motion
- AC power, power in an alternating current electric circuit
- Optical power, the degree to which a lens converges or diverges light
- Magnification, the factor by which an optical system enlarges an image
- Transmitter power output, the power used by a radio transmitter
- Effective radiated power, a standardized theoretical measurement of the power of a radio transmitter
- Power spectral density, a real function denoting the power or energy of a signal
- Electrical power industry, companies generating electricity for the electrical grid
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Mathematics
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Surname
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Computing
- IBM Power (software), an IBM systems software operating system enhancement package
- IBM POWER, a RISC microprocessor architecture
- POW-R, a set of commercial dithering and noise shaping algorithms
- power, a utility program for the CP/M operating system
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Film
- Power (1928 film), a 1928 comedy film starring William Boyd, Alan Hale, and Jacqueline Logan
- Power (1986 film), a 1986 film
- Power (2012 film), an upcoming Bollywood film
- The Power (film), a 1968 science fiction film, based on the Frank M. Robinson novel
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Music
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Albums
- Power (Barrabás album), 1973
- Power (Boys Noize album)
- Power (Ice-T album), 1988
- Power (Kansas album), 1986
- Power (Q and Not U album)
- Power (Tower of Power album)
- Power (The Temptations album)
- The Power (album), an album by Vanessa Amorosi
- Power, an album by SSD
- Power, an album by Lakeside
- Power (EP), an EP by B.A.P
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Songs
- "Power" (Helloween song), 1996
- "Power" (Kanye West song), 2010
- "The Power" (Snap! song), 1990
- "Power", a song by Lipps Inc. from Mouth to Mouth
- "Power", a song by Rainbow from Straight Between the Eyes
- "Power", a song by The Temptations
- "Power" (KMFDM song), 1996
- "The Power", a song by Manowar from Louder Than Hell
- "The Power", a song by Cher from Believe
- "Power", a song by Fields of the Nephilim
- "Power" (B.A.P song), 2012
- "Power", a song by Tears for Fears from Elemental (Tears for Fears album)
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Literature
- Power (novel), a 1962 novel by Howard Fast
- Power (2004 novel), a novel by J. A. Stiehl
- Power (play), a 2003 play by Nick Dear
- The Power (novel), a 1956 book by Frank M. Robinson, on which the 1968 film is based
- The Power (self-help book), a 2010 book by Rhonda Byrne
- Girl Got Game, originally Power!! a manga series
- Power: A New Social Analysis, a 1938 sociology book by Bertrand Russell
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Sports and games
- West Virginia Power, a minor league baseball team
- Port Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed "Power", an Australian rules football club
- Pittsburgh Power, an Arena Football League team
- Phil Taylor (darts player) (born 1960), English darts champion, nicknamed "The Power"
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Other
- 2C-P, psychedelic popularly known as power
- Power, Montana, a census-designated place in Teton County, Montana, United States
- Power98FM, an English-language radio station in Singapore
- De Coelesti Hierarchia, a Pseudo-Dionysian work on angelology which has an order of angels called "Powers"
- The Power (XM), an XM satellite radio channel
- J. D. Power and Associates, a global marketing information services firm
- Power Corporation of Canada, a Canadian conglomerate
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