- Power
Power may refer to
*any ability to effect
change ;political or social
*Power (philosophy)
**Political power , power held by a person or group in a country's political system
**Reserve power , a power exercised by a head of state in certain exceptional circumstances
**Power in international relations , the ability of national states to influence or control other states, which may be distinguished as:
***see also,Historical powers ,Middle power ,Regional power ,Great power ,Superpower ,Hyperpower
**Power (communication) , power in interpersonal communication
*Economic power , no agreed-upon definition
**Purchasing power , the amount of goods and services a given amount of money can buy
**Monopoly power , the ability to set the price of a good sold.
*Will to Power, a prominent concept in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche
*Great Power
*Judicial power
*Executive power ;in science
*Power (physics) , the amount of work done or energy transferred per unit of time.
**Human power is the amount of work a human does in a period of time.
**Motive power is power which moves something, such as output of a motor
**AC power in electrical engineering is the complex form of power
**Optical power of a lens is the inverse of its focal length
**Effective radiated power in radio telecommunications is a measure of radio station antennas
**Electric power generation is the process of converting any form of energy to electrical energy, as in:
***power station
***nuclear power
***solar power
***wind power
***wave power
***tidal power
***geothermal power
***hydropower ;in mathematics
* Power of a number, commonly written in the form e.g. "x""n": seeexponentiation
*Statistical power is the probability that a statistical test will reject a false null hypothesis ;metaphysical
**Higher power , a spiritual concept prevalent intwelve-step program s
**a rank inangelology , seeCelestial Hierarchy ;religion
*The Five Powers , inBuddhism ;electronics industry
*Computer performance , computing power;toponymy
*Power, Montana , a town in the USA;brands and titles
*IBM POWER , a microprocessor architecture
*POW-R Consortium , a group of companies responsible for an audio codec standard
*film
** "Power" (film), a 1986 movie
** "The Power" (film), a 1968 film based on the novel*music
**Power ballad , a song genre
**Power metal , a subgenre of heavy metal music
**Power noise , a subgenre of industrial music
** "Pow R. Toc H. ", a track by Pink Floyd
**Power (album) , a 1986 album by the band Kansas
**Power (Ice T album) , a 1988 album by rapper Ice-T
** "The Power" (Snap! song), a 1990 electronic pop song by Snap!
**Power (song) , a song by German group Helloween
**Power (Lipps Inc song) , a song by disco groupLipps Inc
**Power (Temptations song) , a song by groupTemptations
** "Power (Rainbow song) ," a song performed by Rainbow, written by lead singerJoe Lynn Turner
**The Power (Vanessa Amorosi album) , a 1999 album by Vanessa Amorosi
** The Power, a song byManowar from the albumLouder Than Hell *literature
**The Power (novel) , a 1956 novel by Frank M. Robinson
** "", a 1938 work by Bertrand Russell
**The Power of Five , a series of five books written byAnthony Horowitz
**Power (2004 novel) , a 2004 fantasy novel written by J. A. Stiehl
**Power (play) , a play written by Nick Dear
** "The 48 Laws of Power ", a 1998 work by Robert Greene*comics
** "Power!! ", a manga album originally published in Japan now called "Girl Got Game"
** "Powers (comics) ", a comic book series*lotteries
**Powerball , a major United States lottery game*"The Power" may refer to:
**Port Adelaide Football Club
**Phil Taylor , 13 times PDC World Darts Championee also
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Superpower (ability) , special abilities of superheroes
*Supernatural power , that cannot be explained with science or logic
*Powers (disambiguation)
*Powerpuff Girls
*Power Rangers
*Power supply
*List of comic book superpowers
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