Look up: power

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   Power
   The ability of individuals, or the members of a group, to achieve aims or further the interests they hold. Power is a pervasive aspect of all human relationships. Many conflicts in society are struggles over power, because how much power an individual or group is able to achieve governs how far they are able to realize their own wishes at the expense of the wishes of others.
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   power
   [n] - (physics) the rate of doing work 2. [n] - one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority 3. [n] - possession of controlling influence 4. [v] - supply the force or power for the functioning of
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   POWER
   Performance Optimization with Enhanced RISC [IBM]
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   Power
   the ability to achieve desired ends despite resistance from others
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   Power
   The ability to reject the null hypothesis when it is false.
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   Power
   1) The measurement of the ability of an electrical current to produce light, produce heat or do other work.
   2) A similar measurement of another energy form to do work.
   3) The name of the switch which turns on a device.
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   Power
   Strength + speed.
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   Power
   The ability to get things done by threat or force or sanction. See also Coercive Power, Expert Power, Legitimate Power, Referent Power and Reward Power.
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   Power
   The rate of doing work; the rate of transfer of energy. It is defined in watts (W). 1 watt = 1 joule per second.
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    Power
    The chance (given by %) that a pre-determined effect in a population can be detected as statistically significant in a sample.
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    Power
    MathematicsThe number of times a number or expression is multiplied by itself, for which the symbol is an index or exponent. For example, is the fourth power of x.Anything raised to the power of 0 is equal to 1, including 0 to the power of 0.Other notation used to denote x raised to the power of n, xⁿ = x^n = x**n
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    power
    In the Republican era Rome was a realm of quasi kings made up of magistrates and senators. Yet the Republican attitude of Rome and even that under the emperors, remained utterly hostile toward the idea of kings. However the attitude always prevailed that a mere mortal could rule Rome and her Empire and later even achieve deification! The Roman male...
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    Power
    (Learning Modules / Geography / Geography of energy) The rate at which work is done.
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    power
    The rate at which energy is supplied. Power has define[SI] units of J/s, sometimes called 'Watts' (W).
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    power
    The amount of energy transferred per second. Power is measured in watts* and is represented by the symbol, P.
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    Power
    The time-rate of expended energy when work is done.
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    power
    Amount of work done per second.
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    POWER
    Performance Optimization with Enhanced RISC. The IBM processor architecture on which PowerPC was based.
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    Power
    this is needed to work the machines in the factory. Early industry needed to be sited near to fast- flowing rivers or coal reserves, but today electricity can be transported long distances and the size and location of markets have become more important as a location factor.
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    Power
    Used in education law to describe an education authority's discretion to do or provide something, where there is no legal obligation to do so (see Duty).
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    power
    for the purposes of power feeding in an ISDN user-network interface the term 'power' can be the full operational power or backup power(see that term) Category: News-systems and communications • the power of a statistical test of some hypothesis is the probability that it rejects this hypothesis under test when this hypothesis is false Category: Statistics • the rate of tran...
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    Power
    The energy rate, usually measured in watts. Power equals voltage times amps, or W = E x 1. The heavier the flow of amps at a given supply, the higher the rate at which energy is being supplied and used.
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    Power
    A study has adequate power if it can reliably detect a clinically important difference. The power of a study is increased when it includes more events or when its measurement of outcomes is more precise.
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    Power
    Definition (keystage 4) The rate at which work is done.<br /> Power has dimensions ML 2 T - 3 and SI unit W.
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    Power
    Pow'er noun (Zoology) Same as Poor , the fish.
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