Power

Power may refer to:

Physics

• Power (physics), the rate at which work is performed or energy is converted
• Electric power, the rate at which electrical energy is transferred by a circuit
• 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
• Transmitter power output, the power used by a radio transmitter
• Effective radiated power, a standardized theoretical measurement of the power of a radio transmitter
• Power spectral density, a real function denoting the power or energy of a signal
• Electrical power industry, companies generating electricity for the electrical grid

Mathematics

• Power (mathematics), an exponentiated 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

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)

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)
• The Power (Vanessa Amorosi album)
• "Power" (song), a song by Helloween
• "The Power" (Snap! song)
• Power (SSD album), an album by SSD
• Power, an album by Lakeside
• "Power", a song by Lipps Inc. from Mouth to Mouth
• "Power", a song by Rainbow from Straight Between the Eyes
• "Power", a song by The Temptations
• "The Power", a song by Manowar from 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

Sports

• West Virginia Power, a baseball team
• Port Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed "Power", an Australian rules football club based in Port Adelaide, South Australia
• Phil Taylor, a darts champion, nicknamed "The Power"

Other

• Power (name), the surname of "Power"
• Power, Montana, a census-designated place in Teton County, Montana, United States
• Power98FM, an English-language radio station in Singapore, owned by SAFRA Radio
• Higher Power, a spiritual concept prevalent in twelve-step programs
• An order of angels in De Coelesti Hierarchia

See also

• All pages with titles containing power
• All pages with titles beginning with power
• Powers (disambiguation)
• Superpower (disambiguation)