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'''Power''' may refer to
*any ability to [[cause|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.
*[[The Will to Power|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''<sup>''n''</sup>: see [[exponentiation]]
* [[Statistical power]] is the probability that a statistical test will reject a false null hypothesis
;metaphysical
** [[Higher power]], mostly the Judaeochristian god or another deity
**a rank in [[angelology]], see [[Celestial Hierarchy]]
;religion
* [[The Five Powers]], in [[Buddhism]]
;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)|''Power'' (film)]], a 1986 movie
** [[The Power (film)|''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)|"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 group [[Lipps Inc]]
** "[[Power (Rainbow song)]]," a song performed by [[Rainbow (band)|Rainbow]], written by lead singer [[Joe Lynn Turner]]
** [[The Power (Vanessa Amorosi album)]], a 1999 album by Vanessa Amorosi
*literature
** [[The Power (novel)]], a 1956 novel by Frank M. Robinson
** ''[[Power: A New Social Analysis]]'', a 1938 work by Bertrand Russell
**[[The Power of Five]], a series of five books written by [[Anthony 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 Champion
==See also==
* [[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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