English Dictionary: power | by the DICT Development Group |
6 results for power | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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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. |