Power
- Noun. A button of a computer, a video game console, or similar device, that when pressed, causes the device to be either shut down or powered up.
- Noun. (countable) capability or influence.
- Noun. (uncountable) physical force or strength.
- Noun. control, particularly legal or political (jurisdiction).
- Noun. (uncountable) electricity or a supply of electricity.
- Noun. (uncountable, physics) A measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy.
- Noun. (uncountable, physics) A rate to magnify an optical image by a lens or mirror.
- Noun. (biblical) In Christian angelology, the fourth level of angels, ranked above archangels and below principalities.
- Noun. (mathematics) A product of equal factors. Notation and usage: ''x''''n'', read as "''x'' to the power of ''n''" or "''x'' to the ''n''th power", denotes ''x'' × ''x'' × ... × ''x'', in which ''x'' appears ''n'' times, where ''n'' is called the exponent; the definition is extended to non-integer and complex exponents.
- Noun. (set theory) Cardinality.
- Noun. (statistics) The probability that a statistical test will reject the null hypothesis when the alternative hypothesis is true.
- Verb. (transitive) To provide power for (a mechanical or electronic device).
- Verb. (transitive) To hit or kick something forcefully.
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