Power

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1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Translations 1.1.1.1 Translations to be checked 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Derived terms

English

Noun

power (uncountable and countable; plural: powers)

1. Physical force or strength.
2. Control and influence over another entity and its actions.
3. (physics) A measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy.
4. (Biblical tradition) in Christian angelology, the fourth level of angels, ranked above archangels and below principalities
5. (mathematics) A product of equal factors. Notation and usage: <math> x^n <math>, read as <math>x<math> to the power of <math>n<math> or <math>x<math> to the <math>n<math>th power, denotes <math> x \times x \times ... \times x<math>, in which <math>x<math> appears <math>n<math> times and <math>n<math> is called the exponent; the definition is extended to non-integer and complex exponents.
6. Electricity supply.
7. A nation having a strong military and/or economy.

Translations

physical force or strength

Finnish: voima French: puissance f German: Leistung f Italian: potenza f

Romanian: putere f

control and influence over another

Finnish: valta French: puissance f Italian: potere f

Romanian: putere f

physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy

Finnish: teho French: puissance f German: Leistung f

Romanian: putere f

fourth level of angels

Finnish: voima Italian: potenze celesti f plural

mathematics: product of equal factors

Finnish: potenssi French: puissance f Italian: potenza f

Romanian: putere f

electricity supply

French: électricité f, courant m Italian: elettricità f, corrente f

Romanian: electricitate f curent m

nation having a strong military and/or economy

Translations to be checked

The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above. The numbering is unreliable.

• Chinese: 能量 (1), 权力 (2), 功率 (3), 幂 (5), 电力 (6), 势力 (7)
• Bulgarian: сила f (1), власт f (2), степен f (5)
• Dutch: kracht (1,3), macht (2,5), voeding (6), grootmacht (7)
• German: Kraft f (1,3), Macht f (2,7), Potenz f (1,5), Elektrizität f (6), Großmacht f (7)
• Japanese: 力 (ちから), 能力 (のうりょく) (1); 能天使 (のうてんし) (4); 電力 (でんりょく) (6);　権力 (けんりょく), 権限 (けんげん)
• Polish: siła f (1), władza f (2), moc f (3), potęga f (5), zasilanie n (6), mocarstwo n (7)
• Romanian: putere f
• Slovene: moč f (1, 2), sila f (3, 7), potenca f (5)
• Spanish: poder

Verb

to power (powering, powered, powered)

1. To provide power for (a mechanical or electronic device).

Translations

provide power for

Finnish: antaa virtaa, antaa tehoa

Derived terms

• power cut
• powered
• powerful
• powerless
• candlepower
• empower
• horsepower
• superpower