Power

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Power may refer to:

Social science

• Power (philosophy), the ability to control one's environment or other entities
• Political power, power over the administration of public resources
• Power in international relations
• Economic power
• Power (communication)

Physics

• Power (physics), the rate at which work is performed or energy is converted
• 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
• Effective radiated power, a measure of radio frequency energy, using watts
• Electric power, the rate at which electrical energy is transferred by a circuit

Mathematics

• Power (mathematics), an exponent of a number, such as in xⁿ
• Power of a point, a number that reflects the distance of a point from a circle
• Statistical power, the probability that a statistical test will reject a false null hypothesis
• Powerful number, a positive integer such that if divided by a prime number p, is also divided by p²

Computing

• IBM Power (software), a spooling package
• IBM POWER, a RISC microprocessor architecture
• POW-R, a set of dithering algorithms

Film

• Power (film), a 1986 American drama
• The Power (film), a 1968 science fiction film

Music

• Power (Boys Noize album)
• Power (Ice-T album)
• Power (Kansas album)
• Power (Q and Not U album)
• Power (SSD album), a compilation album by SSD
• The Power (Vanessa Amorosi album)
• "Power" (song), by Helloween
• "The Power" (Snap! song)
• Power, an album by Lakeside
• "Power", a song by disco group Lipps Inc. on the album Mouth to Mouth
• "Power," a song by Rainbow on the album Straight Between the Eyes
• "Power," a song by The Temptations
• "The Power", a song by Manowar on the album Louder Than Hell

Literature

• Power (2004 novel), by J. A. Stiehl
• Power (play), by Nick Dear
• The Power (novel), a 1956 book by Frank M. Robinson
• Power!!, a manga series
• Power: A New Social Analysis, by Bertrand Russell

Sport

• West Virginia Power, a baseball team
• Port Adelaide Power Football Club
• Phil Taylor, a darts champion, nicknamed "The Power"

Other uses

• Power (name)
• Power, Montana
• Power98FM, a radio station
• Higher Power, a spiritual concept prevalent in twelve-step programs
• An order of angels in De Coelesti Hierarchia

See also

• Powers (disambiguation)
• Superpower (disambiguation)

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