Power

Power may refer to:

Philosophy

• Power (philosophy), the ability to control people or events

Physics

• 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
• 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
• Electrical power industry, companies generating electricity for the electrical grid

Mathematics

• Exponentiation
• Statistical power
• Power of a point

Surname

• Power (name)

Computing

• IBM Power (software), an IBM systems software operating system enhancement package that provided spooling facilities for the IBM/370
• IBM POWER, a RISC microprocessor architecture developed by IBM
• POW-R, a set of commercial dithering and noise shaping algorithms used in digital audio bit-depth reduction

Film

• Power (1986 film), a 1986 film about how political power affects both those who wield it and the people they try to control
• Power (2012 film), an upcoming Bollywood film
• The Power (film), a 1968 science fiction film, based on the Frank M. Robinson novel

Music

Albums

• Power (Barrabás album)
• Power (Boys Noize album)
• Power (Ice-T album)
• Power (Kansas album)
• Power (Q and Not U album)
• The Power (album), an album by Vanessa Amorosi
• Power , an album by SSD (band)
• Power, an album by Lakeside (band)

Songs

• "Power" (Helloween song)
• "Power" (Kanye West song)
• "The Power" (Snap! song)
• "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)
• "The Power", a song by Manowar from Louder Than Hell
• "The Power", a song by Cher from Believe
• "Power" (Juvenile song)

Literature

• Power (novel), a 1962 novel by Howard Fast detailing the rise of the fictional Benjamin Holt to lead a powerful labor union
• Power (2004 novel), a by J. A. Stiehl novel about a boy who develops superhuman abilities of nearly god-like proportions
• Power (play), a play by Nick Dear that explores the events that led King Louis XIV of France to become absolute monarch
• 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 about a girl whose father forces her to pretend to be a boy to play on a basketball team
• Power: A New Social Analysis, a sociology book by Bertrand Russell that defines powers as one's ability to achieve goals

Sports and games

• West Virginia Power, a minor league baseball team of the South Atlantic League and the Class A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates
• Port Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed "Power", an Australian rules football club based in Port Adelaide, South Australia
• Phil Taylor, an English darts champion, nicknamed "The Power", who has won a record 15 World Championships

Other

• 2C-P, this psychedelic phenethylamine is popularly known as power
• Power, Montana, a census-designated place in Teton County, Montana, United States
• Power98FM, an English-language radio station in Singapore, owned by SAFRA Radio
• 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
• Pittsburgh Power, American Football League team in Pittsburgh, PA
• J. D. Power and Associates, a global marketing information services firm