power — n 1 Power, force, energy, strength, might, puissance mean the ability to exert effort for a purpose. Power is the most general of these terms and denotes an ability to act or be acted upon, to effect something, or to affect or be affected by… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Power network design (IC) — In integrated circuits, electrical power is distributed to the components of the chip over a network of conductors on the chip. Power network design (IC) includes the analysis and design of such networks. As in all engineering, this involves… … Wikipedia
Power station — A power station (also referred to as generating station, power plant or powerhouse) is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power. [cite book|author=British Electricity International|title=Modern Power Station Practice:… … Wikipedia
Electric power transmission — Electric transmission redirects here. For vehicle transmissions, see diesel electric transmission. 400 kV high tension transmission lines near Madrid Electric power transmission or high voltage electric transmission is the bulk transfer of… … Wikipedia
Switched-mode power supply — switched mode power supply. A bridge rectifier B Input filter capacitors C Transformer D output filter coil E output filter capacitors ] A switched mode power supply, switching mode power supply or SMPS, is an electronic power supply unit (PSU)… … Wikipedia
Timeline of jet power — This article outlines some of the important developments in the early history of the development of the jet engine. Although the most common type, the gas turbine powered jet engine, was certainly a 20th century invention, many of the needed… … Wikipedia
Thermal power station — Republika Power Plant, a thermal power station in Pernik, Bulgaria … Wikipedia
Concentrated solar power — The PS10 Solar Power Plant concentrates sunlight from a field of heliostats onto a central solar power tower. Concentrated solar power (CSP) systems use mirrors or lenses to concentrate a large area of sunlight, or solar thermal energy, onto a… … Wikipedia
Timeline of steam power — See Steam engine, Steam power during the Industrial Revolution. Steam power developed slowly over a period of several hundred years, progressing through expensive and fairly limited devices in the early 1600s, to useful pumps for mining in 1700,… … Wikipedia
Maximum power principle — in Energy Systems Language adapted from Odum and Odum 2000, p. 38 The maximum power principle has been proposed as the fourth principle of energetics in open system thermodynamics, where an example of an open system is a biological cell.… … Wikipedia
