Power

Table of contents

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. 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: Failed to parse (PNG conversion failed; check for correct installation of latex, dvips, gs, and convert): x^n

, read as Failed to parse (PNG conversion failed; check for correct installation of latex, dvips, gs, and convert): x

to the power of Failed to parse (PNG conversion failed; check for correct installation of latex, dvips, gs, and convert): n
or Failed to parse (PNG conversion failed; check for correct installation of latex, dvips, gs, and convert): x
to the Failed to parse (PNG conversion failed; check for correct installation of latex, dvips, gs, and convert): n

th power, denotes Failed to parse (PNG conversion failed; check for correct installation of latex, dvips, gs, and convert): x \times x \times ... \times x , in which Failed to parse (PNG conversion failed; check for correct installation of latex, dvips, gs, and convert): x

appears Failed to parse (PNG conversion failed; check for correct installation of latex, dvips, gs, and convert): n
times and Failed to parse (PNG conversion failed; check for correct installation of latex, dvips, gs, and convert): n
is called the exponent; the definition is extended to non-integer and complex exponents.

1. Electricity supply.
2. A nation having a strong military and/or economy.

Translations

physical force or strength

voima French: puissance f German: Kraft f, Stärke f Italian: potenza f

putere f

control and influence over another

Finnish: valta French: puissance f German: Macht 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 German: Potenz f, Hochzahl f (x hoch n) Italian: potenza f

Polish: potęga f Romanian: putere f

electricity supply

French: électricité f, courant m German: Strom m, Energie f Italian: elettricità f, corrente f

Romanian: electricitate f curent m

nation having a strong military and/or economy

German: Macht f, Großmacht f

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)
• 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