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English Dictionary: power by the DICT Development Group
6 results for power
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
power
n
  1. 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"
    Synonym(s): power, powerfulness
    Antonym(s): impotence, impotency, powerlessness
  2. (physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second)
  3. possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his powers of discrimination"
    Synonym(s): ability, power
    Antonym(s): inability
  4. (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"
    Synonym(s): office, power
  5. 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"
    Synonym(s): power, force
  6. a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself
    Synonym(s): exponent, power, index
  7. physical strength
    Synonym(s): might, mightiness, power
  8. a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world
    Synonym(s): world power, major power, great power, power, superpower
  9. a very wealthy or powerful businessman; "an oil baron"
    Synonym(s): baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon
v
  1. supply the force or power for the functioning of; "The gasoline powers the engines"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Accumulation \Ac*cu`mu*la"tion\, n. [L. accumulatio; cf. F.
      accumulation.]
      1. The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated,
            or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of
            earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of honors.
  
      2. (Law) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
  
      {Accumulation of energy} or {power}, the storing of energy by
            means of weights lifted or masses put in motion;
            electricity stored.
  
      {An accumulation of degrees} (Eng. Univ.), the taking of
            several together, or at smaller intervals than usual or
            than is allowed by the rules.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Power \Pow"er\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      Same as {Poor}, the fish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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. [bd]One next himself in power, and next in
            crime.[b8] --Milton.
  
      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. [bd]The
            power of fancy.[b8] --Shak.
  
      3. Capacity of undergoing or suffering; fitness to be acted
            upon; susceptibility; -- called also {passive power}; as,
            great power of endurance.
  
                     Power, then, is active and passive; faculty is
                     active power or capacity; capacity is passive power.
                                                                              --Sir W.
                                                                              Hamilton.
  
      4. The exercise of a faculty; the employment of strength; the
            exercise of any kind of control; influence; dominion;
            sway; command; government.
  
                     Power is no blessing in itself but when it is
                     employed to protect the innocent.      --Swift.
  
      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.
            [bd]The powers of darkness.[b8] --Milton.
  
                     And the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.
                                                                              --Matt. xxiv.
                                                                              29.
  
      6. A military or naval force; an army or navy; a great host.
            --Spenser.
  
                     Never such a power . . . Was levied in the body of a
                     land.                                                --Shak.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Power, MT
      Zip code(s): 59468

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   POWER
  
      Performance Optimization with Enhanced RISC.   The {IBM}
      processor architecture on which {PowerPC} was based.
  
  
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