Power

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Power has many meanings, most of which imply (a capacity for) control or force and may refer to:

In science, technology and mathematics:

• Power (physics) is the amount of work done or energy transferred per unit of time, cf. Force (physics)
• Motive power is power which moves something, such as output of a motor
• Electric power generation is the process of converting any form of energy to electrical energy, as in:
  • e.g. power station, nuclear power, solar power, wind power, wave power, tidal power, geothermal power, hydropower
• 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
• Power (mathematics) is the common name for exponentiation (an expression of the form bⁿ) and the exponent (n)
• Statistical power is the probability that a statistical test will reject a false null hypothesis

In the electronics industry:

• IBM POWER, a microprocessor architecture
• POW-R Consortium, a group of companies responsible for an audio codec standard

In social sciences:

• Power (sociology), the ability to make choices or influence outcomes
  • Political power, power held by a person or group in a society
  • 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

In movies:

• Power (film), a 1986 movie
• The Power (film), a 1968 film based on the novel

In music:

• Power ballad, a song genre
• Power metal, a subgenre of heavy metal 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" (1990 song), a 1990 electronic pop song by Snap!
• "Power" (song), a song by German group Helloween
• "Power" (Lipps Inc song), a song by disco group Lipps Inc

In literature:

• The Power (novel), a 1956 novel by Frank M. Robinson
• Power: A New Social Analysis, a 1938 work by Bertrand Russell
• 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

In comics:

• Power!!, a manga album originally published in Japan now called Girl Got Game
• Powers (comics), a comic book series

In lottery:

• Powerball, a major United States lottery game
• Powerball, also the name of the sixth (red) ball drawn in the US Powerball game

In miscellaneous categories:

• Power, Montana, a town in the USA
• Power Petroleum, a British petrol brand

Power may also refer to:

• Superpower (ability), special attack abilities of superheroes
• Higher power, mostly God or another deity
• one of nine orders of angels in medieval angelology
• Hit points indicating how much more damage a video game character could take

The Power may also refer to:

• Port Adelaide Football Club
• Phil Taylor, 13 times PDC World Darts Champion