power

Power Pow"er, n. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Poor, the fish. [1913 Webster]

Power Pow"er, n. [OE. pouer, poer, OF. poeir, pooir, F. pouvoir, n. & v., fr. LL. potere, for L. posse, potesse, to be able, to have power. See Possible, Potent, and cf. {Posse comitatus}.] 1. 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. ``One next himself in power, and next in crime. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

2. 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. ``The power of fancy. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

3. Capacity of undergoing or suffering; fitness to be acted upon; susceptibility; -- called also {passive power}; as, great power of endurance. [1913 Webster]

Power, then, is active and passive; faculty is active power or capacity; capacity is passive power. --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]

4. The exercise of a faculty; the employment of strength; the exercise of any kind of control; influence; dominion; sway; command; government. [1913 Webster]

Power is no blessing in itself but when it is employed to protect the innocent. --Swift. [1913 Webster]

5. 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. ``The powers of darkness. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

And the powers of the heavens shall be shaken. --Matt. xxiv. 29. [1913 Webster]

6. A military or naval force; an army or navy; a great host. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Never such a power . . . Was levied in the body of a land. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

7. A large quantity; a great number; as, a power o? good things. [Colloq.] --Richardson. [1913 Webster]

8. (Mech.) (a) 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. [1913 Webster]

Note: The English unit of power used most commonly is the horse power. See {Horse power}. [1913 Webster] (b) A mechanical agent; that from which useful mechanical energy is derived; as, water power; steam power; hand power, etc. (c) 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. [1913 Webster]

Note: This use in mechanics, of power as a synonym for force, is improper and is becoming obsolete. [1913 Webster] (d) A machine acted upon by an animal, and serving as a motor to drive other machinery; as, a dog power. [1913 Webster]

Note: Power is used adjectively, denoting, driven, or adapted to be driven, by machinery, and not actuated directly by the hand or foot; as, a power lathe; a power loom; a power press. [1913 Webster]

9. (Math.) 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. [1913 Webster]

10. (Metaph.) 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. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]

The guiltiness of my mind, the sudden surprise of my powers, drove the grossness . . . into a received belief. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

11. (Optics) 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. [1913 Webster]

12. (Law) An authority enabling a person to dispose of an interest vested either in himself or in another person; ownership by appointment. --Wharton. [1913 Webster]

13. Hence, vested authority to act in a given case; as, the business was referred to a committee with power. [1913 Webster]

Note: Power may be predicated of inanimate agents, like the winds and waves, electricity and magnetism, gravitation, etc., or of animal and intelligent beings; and when predicated of these beings, it may indicate physical, mental, or moral ability or capacity. [1913 Webster]

{Mechanical powers}. See under Mechanical.

{Power loom}, or {Power press}. See Def. 8 (d), note.

{Power of attorney}. See under Attorney.

{Power of a point} (relative to a given curve) (Geom.), the result of substituting the co["o]rdinates of any point in that expression which being put equal to zero forms the equation of the curve; as, x^2 + y^2 - 100 is the power of the point x, y, relative to the circle x^2 + y^2 - 100 = 0. [1913 Webster]

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power station [pau?rstei??n] central, centrale
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power [pau?r] Energie, Kraft, Leistung, Potenz, Strom, Vermögen
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power (of) [pau?r?f] Kraft, Macht (über)
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power amplifier [pau?ræmplifai?r] Endstufe
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power blackout [pau?rblækaut] Stromausfall
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power brake [pau?rbreik] Servobremse
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power cable [pau?rkeibl] Starkstromkabel
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power consumption [pau?rk?ns?mp??n] Leistungsaufnahme, Stromaufnahme
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power current [pau?rk?r?nt] Starkstrom
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power down [pau?rdaun] Ausschalten
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power drain [pau?rdrein] Leistungsabgabe
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power factor [pau?rfækt?r] Leistungsfaktor
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power fail restart [pau?rfeilri?st??t] Neustart
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power failure [pau?rfeilj?r] Stromausfall
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power frequency [pau?rfri?kw?nsi?] Netzfrequenz
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power input [pau?rinput] Eingangsleistung
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power line [pau?rlain] Starkstromleitung
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power lines [pau?rlainz] Hochspannungsleitungen, Starkstromleitungen
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power mode [pau?rmoud] Potenzschreibweise
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power of attorney [pau?r?f?t??ni?] Prozessvollmacht
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power of observation [pau?r?f?bz?vei??n] Beobachtungsgabe
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power of persuasion [pau?r?fp?swei?n] Ãœberzeugungskraft
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power of resistance [pau?r?frizist?ns] Widerstandskräfte
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power of veto [pau?r?fvi?tou] Vetorecht
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power output [pau?rautput] Ausgangsleistung
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power plug [pau?rpl?g] Netzstecker
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power politics [pau?rp?litiks] Machtpolitik
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power rating [pau?rreiti?] Belastbarkeit (Elektrotechnik), Nennleistung
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power series [pau?rsi?riz] Potenzreihe [math.]
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power set [pau?rset] Potenzmenge [math.], Stromaggregat
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power socket [pau?rs?kit] Netzsteckdose
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power station [pau?rstei??n] Elektrizitätswerk, Kraftwerk
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power steering [pau?rsti?ri?] Servolenkung
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power struggle [pau?rstr?gl] Machtkampf
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power supplies [pau?rs?plaiz] Stromversorgungen
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power supply [pau?rs?plai] Stromversorgung
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power supply line [pau?rs?plailain] Netzanschluss
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power supply system [pau?rs?plaisist?m] Stromnetz
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power supply unit [pau?rs?plaiju?nit] Versorgungsgerät
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power take-off unit [pau?rteik?fju?nit] Kraftübertragung
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power to weight ratio [pau?rtouweitrei?i??] Leistungsgewicht
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power transistor [pau?rtrænzist?r] Leistungstransistor
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power turbine [pau?rt??bain] Arbeitsturbine
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power up [pau?r?p] Einschalten
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