Power 427769 225320016 2008-07-13T02:04:32Z Codex Sinaiticus 247981 /* See also */ {{wiktionary}} {{wikiquote}} {{wikisource}} {{TOCright}} {{dablink|For personal names, see [[Power (name)]] and [[Powers]].}} '''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]] {{disambig}} [[am:ኃይል]] [[ca:Potència]] [[de:Power (Begriffsklärung)]] [[es:Poder]] [[fr:Puissance]] [[it:Potenza]] [[lt:Galia]] [[ja:パワー]] [[ko:파워]] [[ms:Kuasa]] [[nl:Macht]] [[pt:Poder (desambiguação)]] [[simple:Power]]