Power
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Power may refer to:
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Social Sciences[edit]
- Power (social and political), the ability to control people or events
- Power (international relations), power in international relations theory
- Economic power, purchasing, monopoly, bargaining, managerial, class, or short-side power
Physics[edit]
- Power (physics), the rate at which work is performed or energy is converted
- Electric power, the rate at which electrical energy is transferred by a circuit
- Human power, the rate of work performed by a human
- Motive power, an agent used to create motion
- AC power, power in an alternating current electric circuit
- Optical power, the degree to which a lens converges or diverges light
- Magnification, the factor by which an optical system enlarges an image
- Transmitter power output, the power used by a radio transmitter
- Effective radiated power, a standardized theoretical measurement of the power of a radio transmitter
- Power spectral density, a real function denoting the power or energy of a signal
- Electric power industry, companies generating electricity for the electrical grid
Mathematics[edit]
Surname[edit]
Computing[edit]
- IBM Power (software), an IBM systems software operating system enhancement package
- IBM POWER Instruction Set Architecture, a RISC microprocessor architecture
- Power Architecture, a RISC microprocessor architecture
- IBM POWER microprocessors
- POW-R, a set of commercial dithering and noise shaping algorithms
- power, a utility program for the CP/M operating system
Film[edit]
- Power (1928 film), a 1928 comedy film starring William Boyd, Alan Hale, and Jacqueline Logan
- Power (1986 film), a 1986 film
- Power (2012 film), a 2012 Bollywood film
- The Power (film), a 1968 science fiction film, based on the Frank M. Robinson novel
Music[edit]
Albums[edit]
- Power (Barrabás album), 1973
- Power (Boys Noize album)
- Power (Ice-T album), 1988
- Power (Kansas album), 1986
- Power (Q and Not U album)
- Power (Tower of Power album)
- Power (The Temptations album)
- The Power (album), an album by Vanessa Amorosi
- Power, an album by SSD
- Power, an album by Lakeside
- Power (EP), an EP by B.A.P
Songs[edit]
- "Power" (Helloween song), 1996
- "Power" (Kanye West song), 2010
- "The Power" (Snap! song), 1990
- "Power", a song by Lipps Inc. from Mouth to Mouth
- "Power", a song by Rainbow from Straight Between the Eyes
- "Power", a song by The Temptations
- "Power" (KMFDM song), 1996
- "The Power", a song by Manowar from Louder Than Hell
- "The Power", a song by Cher from Believe
- "Power", a song by Fields of the Nephilim
- "Power" (B.A.P song), 2012
- "Power", a song by Tears for Fears from Elemental (Tears for Fears album)
Literature[edit]
- Power (novel), a 1962 novel by Howard Fast
- Power (2004 novel), a novel by J. A. Stiehl
- Power (play), a 2003 play by Nick Dear
- The Power (novel), a 1956 book by Frank M. Robinson, on which the 1968 film is based
- The Power (self-help book), a 2010 book by Rhonda Byrne
- Girl Got Game, originally Power!! a manga series
- Power: A New Social Analysis, a 1938 sociology book by Bertrand Russell
Sports and games[edit]
- West Virginia Power, a minor league baseball team
- Port Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed "Power", an Australian rules football club
- Pittsburgh Power, an Arena Football League team
- Phil Taylor (darts player) (born 1960), English darts champion, nicknamed "The Power"
Other[edit]
- 2C-P, psychedelic popularly known as power
- Power, Montana, a census-designated place in Teton County, Montana, United States
- Power, West Virginia
- Power98FM, an English-language radio station in Singapore
- De Coelesti Hierarchia, a Pseudo-Dionysian work on angelology which has an order of angels called "Powers"
- The Power (XM), an XM satellite radio channel
- J. D. Power and Associates, a global marketing information services firm
- Power Corporation of Canada, a Canadian conglomerate
- A quizbowl term meaning to get a question before a predesignated point for additional points
- Power (TV series), an upcoming television series on Starz.
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