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Power difference
In telecommunications, the power margin is the difference between available signal power and the minimum signal power needed to overcome system losses
Power_margin
Difference in an optical communications link
In an optical communications link, the optical power margin is the difference between the optical power that is launched by a given transmitter into the
Optical_power_margin
In telecommunications, the term RF power margin has the following meanings: The amount of transmitter power above that which is computed by the link designer
RF_power_margin
2011 American film by J. C. Chandor
Margin Call is a 2011 American drama film written and directed by J. C. Chandor in his directorial debut. The story takes place over 24 hours at a large
Margin_Call
Accounting of signal gains and losses in communications
degree, and may vary. A link margin is therefore specified as a safety margin between the received power and minimum power required by the receiver to
Link_budget
and function properly. Source: Link margin (LKM)=Preceived−Psensitivity Where Preceived is the minimum expected power received at the receiver. Psensitivity
Link_margin
Unit selling price minus its variable cost
Contribution margin (CM), or dollar contribution per unit, is the selling price per unit minus the variable cost per unit. "Contribution" represents the
Contribution_margin
Ratio between turnover and profit
Profit margin is a financial ratio that measures the percentage of profit earned by a company in relation to its revenue. Expressed as a percentage, it
Profit_margin
Guided missile cruiser design study
have limited growth potential in terms of space, weight, and power margin. These margins were further eroded with the Flight II ships starting with USS Bunker
Cruiser_Baseline
One of the Chinese Classic Novels
Water Margin (simplified Chinese: 水浒传; traditional Chinese: 水滸傳; pinyin: Shuǐhǔ Zhuàn), also called Outlaws of the Marsh or All Men Are Brothers, is a
Water_Margin
U.S. Navy program to develop a class of principal surface combatants
hulls, they had limited upgrade potential due to space, weight, and power margins. Meanwhile, the procurement of the Zumwalt-class destroyers was severely
DDG(X)
transmitters, the sensitivity of the receiver, the available transmitter power margin, etc.). For example, WiMAX uses a rate adaptation algorithm that adapts
Link_adaptation
Power of a transmitter in watts or dBm
retrieved 2022-05-02{{citation}}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN (link) Effective radiated power Nominal power Signal strength RF power margin v t e
Transmitter_power_output
authors list (link) DMT, a DSL monitoring and downstream noise margin tweaking program. MIT, PDF of a PowerPoint Presentation on for Digital Noise Margin.
Noise_margin
NASA orbiter mission to Venus (1989–1994)
final loss of the spacecraft due to a negative power margin. This was not a problem since spacecraft power would have been too low to sustain operations
Magellan_(spacecraft)
Type of helicopter used to lift heavy or large loads
1960s, the Sikorsky S-58 replaced the Bell 47 because of its larger power margin. Even today, S-58s can be found carrying medium-size loads. The 1960s
Aerial_crane
are used only for meeting margin requirements and are not actual funds that could be withdrawn by the client. Buying Power is always twice the SMA balance
Special_memorandum_account
Raising the margin requirement ostensibly reduces risk in the financial system by reducing the potential leverage and total buying power of investors
Regulation_T
3G mobile telecommunications protocols
of the transmission buffer and the queue at the UE and its available power margin. However, unlike HSDPA, uplink transmissions are not orthogonal to each
High_Speed_Packet_Access
of characters in Water Margin, one of the Classic Chinese Novels. The 108 Heroes are at the core of the plot of Water Margin. Based on the Taoist concept
List of Water Margin characters
List_of_Water_Margin_characters
Highest power input allowed to flow through electrical or mechanical equipment
safety margin. In equipment that primarily dissipates electric power or converts it into mechanical power, such as resistors, and speakers, the power rating
Power_rating
Measure estimating potential margin shortfalls under adverse market moves
The Margin-at-Risk (MaR) is a quantity used to manage short-term liquidity risks due to variation of margin requirements, i.e. it is a financial risk
Margin_at_risk
Set of constraints conceptualised as a border
Within economics, margin is a concept used to describe the current level of consumption or production of a goods or service. Margin also encompasses various
Margin_(economics)
Family of single engine turboprop aircraft
regarding the capabilities of the new aircraft, with the speed and generous power margins, amongst other attributes, specially noted. According to the aerospace
SOCATA_TBM
Private utility company in the Philippines
available generating capacity, system peak demand, and operating margin (with operating margin is determined by subtracting the available generating capacity
National Grid Corporation of the Philippines
National_Grid_Corporation_of_the_Philippines
time – Responsivity – Return loss – RF connector – RF modulator – RF power margin – RF probe – RF shielding – RFID – RGB color space – Rhombic antenna
Index_of_electronics_articles
for the mostly thermal power systems, 10% for the hydroelectric ones. The IRM is different from the operating reserve margin (ORM). The ORM calculations
Resource_adequacy
the margin of error. In every swing state, Trump outperformed his final polling numbers by approximately 3%, which is in line with a typical margin of
2024 United States presidential election
2024_United_States_presidential_election
Head of state and government of the United States
Forces. The power of the presidency has grown since the first president, George Washington, took office in 1789. While presidential power has ebbed and
President of the United States
President_of_the_United_States
Presentation application, part of Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Office
Microsoft PowerPoint, or simply PowerPoint, is a presentation program developed by Microsoft. It was originally created by Robert Gaskins, Tom Rudkin
Microsoft_PowerPoint
Country in South America
succeeded Lula after winning election in 2010 and again in 2014 by narrow margins. Rousseff was impeached by the Brazilian Congress in 2016, halfway into
Brazil
Most populous city in the United States
has by a wide margin the highest residential rents of any American city; while New York County (Manhattan) is by a significant margin the most expensive
New_York_City
Country in South Asia
Balochistan and much of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa lie along its north-western margin. Northern areas of Pakistan, including Azad Kashmir, lie along the northern
Pakistan
NASA satellite to study characteristics of water on the Moon
initialized correctly, the remaining power margin was insufficient for recovery, and the spacecraft experienced a final low-power brown-out. The ARB concluded
Lunar_Trailblazer
Indian actress and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (1948–2016)
term, AIADMK completes 4 years in power". India Today. 23 May 2015. "LIVE: Jayalalithaa wins in RK Nagar with a margin of over 1.5 lakh votes, Congress
J._Jayalalithaa
Stress testing methodology for enhancing product reliability
and cold temperatures, temperature cycles, random vibration, power margining, and power cycling. The product under test is in operation during HALT and
Highly_accelerated_life_test
1998 self-help book by Robert Greene
prisons. The 48 Laws of Power has been referenced or bought by 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes, Michael Jackson (who wrote in the margins), Courtney Love (who
The_48_Laws_of_Power
Transmission of information via microwaves
collectively known as path loss, make it necessary to compute suitable power margins, in order to maintain the link operative for a high percentage of time
Microwave_transmission
President of Venezuela from 2013 to 2026
third term, although evidence indicates that he lost the election by a wide margin. Maduro was widely considered to have been leading an authoritarian government
Nicolás_Maduro
Country in South Asia
highly diverse. Settled life emerged on the subcontinent in the western margins of the Indus river basin 9,000 years ago, evolving gradually into the Indus
India
Prime Minister of India since 2014
seat by a margin of 152,513 votes, defeating Ajay Rai of the INC, who contested as a candidate for the SP-INC alliance. His victory margin was the second
Narendra_Modi
Power outage in Spain and Portugal
10:33 UTC), a major power blackout occurred across the Iberian Peninsula affecting mainland Portugal and peninsular Spain, where electric power was interrupted
2025 Iberian Peninsula blackout
2025_Iberian_Peninsula_blackout
Indian politician (1939–2022)
by-election from Gunnaur assembly seat in January 2004. Yadav won by a record margin of 1,83,899 votes, polling 90.45 per cent of the votes. He was elected to
Mulayam_Singh_Yadav
2010 album by My Chemical Romance
opinions. He stated that "[t]his is the best rock record of the year by such a margin that you actually feel rather embarrassed for everybody else." Alternative
Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
Danger_Days:_The_True_Lives_of_the_Fabulous_Killjoys
Indian writer and politician (1924–2018)
alliance won 203 seats and the DMK alliance won 31. Karunanidi won by a huge margin of 50,249 votes Tiruvarur Assembly constituency. Following the defeat, M
M._Karunanidhi
Internal computer component that provides power to other components
A power supply unit (PSU) converts mains AC to low-voltage regulated DC power for the internal components of a desktop computer. Modern personal computers
Power_supply_unit_(computer)
Country in North America
election, Felipe Calderón from the PAN was declared the winner, with a narrow margin (0.6%) over leftist politician Andrés Manuel López Obrador of the Party
Mexico
Country in Oceania
century, with China becoming the nation's largest trading partner by a large margin. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, from March 2020 lockdowns and other
Australia
Country primarily in Western Europe
nuclear power, the highest proportion in the world by a wide margin; only Slovakia and Ukraine also derive a majority of electricity from nuclear power, at
France
American multinational technology company
of its publicly listed shares and control 56% of its stockholder voting power through super-voting stock. The company went public via an initial public
President of the United States from 1961 to 1963
Vincent J. Celeste, with 73.6 percent of the vote, the largest winning margin in the history of Massachusetts politics. In the aftermath of his re-election
John_F._Kennedy
American multinational technology company
sub-picture alpha blending. The GeForce outperformed existing products by a wide margin. Because its products were performing well, Nvidia won the contract to develop
Nvidia
State assembly election in India
than last elections, Congress, on the other hand, was defeated with huge margin despite increasing its seats by almost 18%. Keshubhai Patel became the Chief
1998 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election
1998_Gujarat_Legislative_Assembly_election
American multinational technology company
selling at higher price points offered higher profit margin, and appeared to not affect total sales as power users snapped up every increase in speed. Although
Apple_Inc.
Indian politician, political strategist and sports administrator
defeating the nearest rival Karthik Mohan of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam by a margin of 17,302 votes. Arjuna is married to Daisy Martin, daughter of lottery
Aadhav_Arjuna
Prime Minister of India from 1996 to 1997
Basavaraj, BJP candidate of Tumkur Constituency won against Deve Gowda by a margin of 13,339 votes. G. S. Basavaraj polled 596,127 votes while Deve Gowda got
H._D._Deve_Gowda
1966–2015 French general aviation aircraft manufacturer
capabilities of the new aircraft, often praising its speed and generous power margins amongst other attributes. According to aerospace publication Flying
SOCATA
Country in East Asia
an emperor in Nara and later in Heian-kyō. From the 12th century, actual power was held by military aristocrats known as shōgun and feudal lords called
Japan
Indian politician
Antulay, by a margin of 145,000 votes to win from the Raigad, Maharashtra. In the 2014 general election, he held his seat in Raigad by a margin of 2,110 votes
Anant_Geete
Economics term
price/cost margin index, the generalized version was fully derived prior to WWII by Italian neoclassical economist, Luigi Amaroso. Market power within competition
Market_power
American actor (born 1986)
(2007) and Easy A (2010), the thriller films The Stepfather (2009) and Margin Call (2011), the biographical film Greetings from Tim Buckley (2012), and
Penn_Badgley
Form of political manipulation
the voting power of the opposing party's supporters across many districts) or "packing" (concentrating the opposing party's voting power in one district
Gerrymandering
Indian politician (born 1944)
by-election. He then contested the by election from Khardaha and won with a margin of 93,832 votes. During the Banerjee government, he served in the West Bengal
Sovandeb_Chattopadhyay
Chinese automobile manufacturer
in China. UBS concluded that this helped the Seal achieve a gross profit margin of 16%, compared to 14% for the made-in-China Model 3. BYD Auto also operates
BYD_Auto
Political party in India
a huge margin. From 1975 to 1977, Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency in India, resulting in widespread oppression and abuses of power. Another
Indian_National_Congress
American basketball player (born 1976)
Nicknamed "the Big Fundamental", he is widely considered to be the greatest power forward of all time and one of the greatest players in NBA history, and
Tim_Duncan
17th-century conjecture proved by Andrew Wiles in 1994
Fermat around 1637 in the margin of a copy of Arithmetica. Fermat added that he had a proof that was too large to fit in the margin. Although other statements
Fermat's_Last_Theorem
reserve margin between power availability and power demand to be 6% minimum. Any value below that number would trigger an alert. Once the reserve margin falls
Electricity_sector_in_Taiwan
Nuclear power station in Rajshahi, Bangladesh
The Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (Bengali: রূপপুর পারমাণবিক বিদ্যুৎ কেন্দ্র) is a 2.4 GWe nuclear power plant in Bangladesh. It consists of two 1200 MWe
Rooppur_Nuclear_Power_Plant
President of the United States from 1933 to 1945
Roosevelt was elected governor by a one-percent margin. Roosevelt proposed the construction of hydroelectric power plants and addressed the ongoing farm crisis
Franklin_D._Roosevelt
Intelligence of machines
greatest Jeopardy! champions, Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings, by a significant margin. In March 2016, AlphaGo won 4 out of 5 games of Go in a match with Go champion
Artificial_intelligence
Indian election
8.4% of the vote, and in 63 constituencies its vote share exceeded the margin of victory. Barring Vijayakanth, no other DMDK candidate won a seat. The
2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
2006_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election
Electrical power generation from wind
Wind power is the use of wind energy to generate useful work. Historically, wind power was used by sails, windmills and windpumps, but today it is mostly
Wind_power
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990
first round of votes, Thatcher fell four votes short of the required 15% margin to win the contest outright. Her fall has been characterised as "a rare
Margaret_Thatcher
Difference between the cost and the selling price of a good or service
markup to profit margin: Sale price − Cost = Sale price × Profit margin therefore Profit Margin = (Sale price − Cost) / Sale price Margin = 1 − (1 / (Markup
Markup_(business)
Indian government entity governing electricity generation
not facing regular power shortages to purchase electricity at high prices, offering higher profit margins to the competing power generating companies
NTPC_Limited
American politician and naval officer (1936–2018)
defeated little-known Democratic schoolteacher Stuart Starky with his biggest margin of victory, garnering 77 percent of the vote. In May 2005, McCain led the
John_McCain
Country in Central Europe
retake control of immigration, defeating the motion by a roughly 63%–37% margin. On 9 February 2014, 50.3% of Swiss voters approved a ballot initiative
Switzerland
Type of Soviet nuclear power reactor
bolshoy moshchnosti kanalnyy, "high-power channel-type reactor") is a class of graphite-moderated nuclear power reactor designed and built by the Soviet
RBMK
U.S. state
The shoreline shifted again to the eastern margin of the state and the Gulf of Mexico's passive margin began to form. Today 9 to 12 miles (14 to 19 km)
Texas
130th season of the Australian Football League (AFL)
biggest winning margin to biggest losing margin for each round. If multiple matches in a round are decided by the same margin, these margins are sorted by
2026_AFL_season
President of El Salvador since 2019
election's front-runner, leading virtually every poll by a substantial margin. His three opponents were ARENA's Carlos Calleja, a businessman who owned
Nayib_Bukele
39% in favor, versus 37% opposed, with an error margin of 3%. Knowledge and familiarity of nuclear power are generally associated with higher support for
Nuclear power in the United States
Nuclear_power_in_the_United_States
11th Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh since 2024
in state politics and was elected from the Pitapuram constituency by a margin of over 70,000 votes, subsequently becoming the deputy chief minister in
Pawan_Kalyan
Indian politician (born 1945)
V. Anvar in January 2025. The UDF candidate Aryadan Shoukath won with a margin of approximately 11,077 votes, securing over 77,000 votes, while LDF candidate
Pinarayi_Vijayan
Empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796
Catherine the Great, was the Empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796. She came to power after a coup d'etat against her husband, Peter III. Her long reign helped
Catherine_the_Great
Semiconductor memory supply crisis
driven by a structural reallocation of manufacturing capacity toward high-margin products for AI data center infrastructure, creating scarcity of computer
2024–present global memory supply shortage
2024–present_global_memory_supply_shortage
President of DR Congo and Zaire from 1965 to 1997
the country's armed forces until he took power directly in a second coup in 1965. To consolidate his power, he established the Popular Movement of the
Mobutu_Sese_Seko
American multinational conglomerate (1892–2024)
July 19, 2018. "ABB buys GE business for $2.6 billion in bet it can boost margins". Reuters. Archived from the original on September 28, 2017. Retrieved
General_Electric
Indian film director, actor and politician (b. 1966)
election from Cuddalore constituency and polled 12,497 votes and lost by a low margin, finishing fifth and forfeiting his deposits in the process. The party failed
Seeman
Conservative political party in South Korea
The People Power Party (PPP; Korean: 국민의힘; lit. 'Power of Nationals') is a conservative and right-wing to far-right political party in South Korea. It
People_Power_Party
Election Commission report. The column labeled "Margin" shows Trump's margin of victory over Clinton (the margin is negative for every state that Clinton won)
2016 United States presidential election
2016_United_States_presidential_election
American politician (born 1971)
County. He won the primary election, defeating the incumbent by a large margin, and then beat the Democratic nominee by nearly 40 points. Massie also campaigned
Thomas_Massie
Dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1943
stratum, and Benito's father, despite having his own business, lived on the margins of the local community because of his political ideas; the mother, who
Benito_Mussolini
Mass power outages triggered by snow and ice storms
Unlike other power interconnections, Texas does not require a reserve margin of power capacity beyond what is expected. A 2019 North American Electric Reliability
2021_Texas_power_crisis
Nuclear reactor that killed 3 in 1961
Stationary Low-Power Reactor Number One, also known as SL-1, initially the Argonne Low Power Reactor (ALPR), was a United States Army experimental nuclear
SL-1
American actor (1930–2025)
(1990). He appeared with Anne Archer in Narrow Margin (1990), a remake of the 1952 film The Narrow Margin. After Class Action (1991) and Company Business
Gene_Hackman
Minister for Health and Family Welfare & Devaswom, Government of Kerala
by a margin of over 16,167 votes on 14 May 2011. He was re-elected for the second time in 2016 defeating Kummanam Rajasekharan of BJP by a margin of 7622
K._Muraleedharan
Indian politician (born 1971)
Guna, defeating his nearest rival, Desh Raj Singh Yadav of the BJP, by a margin of approximately 450,000 votes. He was re-elected in May 2004, and was introduced
Jyotiraditya_Scindia
Electors of the U.S. president and vice president
Jackson benefited materially from the Three-fifths clause by providing his margin of victory. The first "Jeffersonian" and "Jacksonian" victories were of
United States Electoral College
United_States_Electoral_College
POWER MARGIN
POWER MARGIN
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a baker, doghere, from an agent derivative of Middle English dogh ‘dough’.Probably an Americanized spelling of German Dauer.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : habitational name for someone from Posa or Poserna, south of Merseburg, or a variant of Pose (see Posey).English : variant of Peiser.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Logenthiran | லோகேநà¯à®¤à¯€à®°à®£
Power
Logenthiran | லோகேநà¯à®¤à¯€à®°à®£
Boy/Male
Tamil
Power
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived near a tower, usually a defensive fortification or watchtower, from Middle English, Old French tūr (Latin turris).English : occupational name for someone who dressed white leather, cured with alum rather than tanned with bark, from an agent derivative of Middle English taw(en) (Old English tawian ‘to prepare, make ready’).English : Americanized spelling of German Tauer.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : occupational name denoting a servant who carried the ewer to guests at table so that they could wash their hands, Anglo-Norman French and Middle English ewerer (related to ewere ‘jug’), with the French definite article l’.Cornish : variant of Flower 4.
Surname or Lastname
English (East Anglia, chiefly Norfolk)
English (East Anglia, chiefly Norfolk) : occupational name for someone who mowed pasture lands to provide hay, from an agent derivative of Middle English mow(en) ‘mow’ (Old English mÄwen).Welsh : nickname from mawr ‘big’ (see Moore 6).German (Möwer) : nickname from an agent derivative of Middle High German mÅven ‘to torment, trouble, or burden’.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Power
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Powell.North German : from a form of the personal name Paul.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Power
Boy/Male
Australian, Danish, Swedish
Strong Power; Hardy Power
Boy/Male
British, English
Surname Related to Paul; Small
Boy/Male
Welsh Shakespearean
Pure.
Surname or Lastname
Irish (Leinster and Munster) and English (of Norman origin)
Irish (Leinster and Munster) and English (of Norman origin) : habitational name for someone from Pois, a place in Picardy (said to have been named with Old French pois ‘fish’ because of its well-stocked river), from Old French Pohier ‘native of Pois’.English : nickname for a poor man, or ironically for a miser, from Middle English, Old French povre, poure ‘poor’ (Latin pauper). Woulfe gives this also as the meaning of the Norman Irish name, which in early records is found as le Poer, believing it to be a nickname for someone who has taken a vow of poverty.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Power.
Surname or Lastname
Scottish
Scottish : occupational name for a bow maker, Older Scots bowar, equivalent to English Bowyer.English and Scottish : from Middle English bur, bour ‘bower’, ‘cottage’, ‘inner room’ (Old English būr), hence a topographic name for someone who lived in a small cottage, an occupational name for a house servant who attended his master in his private quarters (see Bowerman), or a habitational name from any of various places, for example in Essex, named Bower or Bowers from this word.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Power
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : regional name for someone from the district north of Paris known in Old French as Gohiere.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of the various places in northern France called Gouy (from the Gallo-Roman personal name Gaudius + the locative suffix -acum), with the addition of the Anglo-Norman French suffix -er.English : from a Norman personal name, Go(h)ier, cognate with the Old English name mentioned at Gooder.Welsh : from the peninsula in southern Wales, of which the Welsh name is Gŵyr.Probably an Americanized spelling of German Gauer.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a vain or proud man, from Middle English po ‘peacock’. Compare Peacock.Welsh : variant of Pugh.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Power
POWER MARGIN
POWER MARGIN
Girl/Female
Hindu
Aspirant, Flow
Boy/Male
Hindu
Giant armed, Broad chested Lord
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Sura in Quran
Boy/Male
Swedish Slavic Teutonic Russian
Famous.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Of elegant, Statue, Soft, Joy, Jewel, To gaze, Look
Boy/Male
Dutch, German, Italian
Land; Form of Lance
Girl/Female
Indian, Sanskrit
Beautiful Moon
Boy/Male
Indian
The Man who Control Everything in the World
Girl/Female
Assamese, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit
Bridge; Sacred Symbol
Male
Greek
(ΤÏίτωνος) Variant form of Greek Triton, TRITONOS means "of the third."
POWER MARGIN
POWER MARGIN
POWER MARGIN
POWER MARGIN
POWER MARGIN
a.
To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down; as, to lower a bucket into a well; to lower a sail or a boat; sometimes, to pull down; as, to lower a flag.
n.
The rate at which mechanical energy is exerted or mechanical work performed, as by an engine or other machine, or an animal, working continuously; as, an engine of twenty horse power.
n.
Ability to act, regarded as latent or inherent; the faculty of doing or performing something; capacity for action or performance; capability of producing an effect, whether physical or moral: potency; might; as, a man of great power; the power of capillary attraction; money gives power.
a.
To bring down; to humble; as, to lower one's pride.
n.
A machine acted upon by an animal, and serving as a motor to drive other machinery; as, a dog power.
n.
A large quantity; a great number; as, a power o/ good things.
v. t.
To sprinkle with powder, or as with powder; to be sprinkle; as, to powder the hair.
n.
Mental or moral ability to act; one of the faculties which are possessed by the mind or soul; as, the power of thinking, reasoning, judging, willing, fearing, hoping, etc.
v. i.
To be reduced to powder; to become like powder; as, some salts powder easily.
n.
Hence, vested authority to act in a given case; as, the business was referred to a committee with power.
n.
Capacity of undergoing or suffering; fitness to be acted upon; susceptibility; -- called also passive power; as, great power of endurance.
n.
Ability, regarded as put forth or exerted; strength, force, or energy in action; as, the power of steam in moving an engine; the power of truth, or of argument, in producing conviction; the power of enthusiasm.
a.
To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of; as, to lower the temperature of anything; to lower one's vitality; to lower distilled liquors.
a.
To reduce the height of; as, to lower a fence or wall; to lower a chimney or turret.
n.
The agent exercising an ability to act; an individual invested with authority; an institution, or government, which exercises control; as, the great powers of Europe; hence, often, a superhuman agent; a spirit; a divinity.
n.
Applied force; force producing motion or pressure; as, the power applied at one and of a lever to lift a weight at the other end.
n.
The product arising from the multiplication of a number into itself; as, a square is the second power, and a cube is third power, of a number.
n.
A mechanical agent; that from which useful mechanical energy is derived; as, water power; steam power; hand power, etc.