superpower
(ˈsu pərˌpaʊ ər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
power...... mechanical or electric power, on an extremely large scale secured by the linking together of a number of separate power systems.
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loss
(ɔs, lɒs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a measure of the power..... in an electrical system, as by conversion to heat, expressed as a relation between power input and power output, as the ratio of or difference between the two quantities.
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pancratic
Webster Dictionary
having all or many degrees of power; having a great range of power; -- said of an eyepiece made adjustable so as to give a varying magnifying power
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imagination
Webster Dictionary
the imagine-making power of the mind; the power to create or reproduce ideally an object of sense previously perceived; the power to call up mental imagines
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imagination
Webster Dictionary
the representative power..... power to reconstruct or recombine the materials furnished by direct apprehension; the complex faculty usually termed the plastic or creative power..... fancy
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power
Webster Dictionary
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
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power
Webster Dictionary
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..... power of capillary attraction; money gives power
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watt
Webster Dictionary
a unit of power or activity equal to 107 C.G.S. units of power, or to work done at the rate of one joule a second. An English horse power is approximately equal to 746 watts
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watt
(watt, W)
Princeton's WordNet
a unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a resistance of 1 ohm
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w
(watt, W)
Princeton's WordNet
a unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a resistance of 1 ohm
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var.
(volt-ampere, var)
Princeton's WordNet
a unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere
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volt-ampere
(volt-ampere, var)
Princeton's WordNet
a unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere
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var
(volt-ampere, var)
Princeton's WordNet
a unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere
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talismanic
(talismanic)
Princeton's WordNet
possessing or believed to possess magic power especially protective power
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influence
(influence)
Princeton's WordNet
a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc
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veto
Webster Dictionary
a power or right possessed by one department of government to forbid or prohibit the carrying out of projects attempted by another department; especially, in a constitutional government, a power vested in the chief executive to prevent the enactment of measures passed by the legislature. Such a power may be absolute, as in the case of the Tribunes of the People in ancient Rome, or limited, as in the case of the President of the United States. Called also the veto power
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abwatt
(abwatt)
Princeton's WordNet
a power..... equal to the power dissipated when 1 abampere flows across a potential difference of 1 abvolt (one ten-thousandth of a milliwatt)
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usurpation
Webster Dictionary
the act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power, especially an infringing on the rights of others; specifically, the illegal seizure of sovereign power; -- commonly used with of, also used with on or upon; as, the usurpation of a throne; the usurpation of the supreme power
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powered
(powered)
Princeton's WordNet
(often used in combination) having or using or propelled by means of power or power..... specified kind
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output-to-input ratio
(output-to-input ratio)
Princeton's WordNet
the output power..... transducer divided by the input power
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power
Webster Dictionary
a mechanical agent; that from which useful mechanical energy is derived; as, water power; steam power; hand power.....
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constituent
(ənˈstɪtʃ u ənt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
having power to frame or alter a political constitution or fundamental law, as distinguished from lawmaking power:
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black power
(ˈblækˌpul)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the political and economic power of black Americans as a group, esp. such power..... for achieving racial equality.
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containment
(ənˈteɪn mənt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an act or policy of restricting the territorial growth or ideological influence of a hostile power...... a Communist power.
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power plant
(ˈpaʊ ər lɪs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a plant, including engines, dynamos, etc., and the building or buildings necessary for the generation of power, as electric or nuclear power.
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load
(ʊd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the power delivered by a generator, motor, power station, or transformer.
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volplane
(ˈvɒlˌpleɪn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to glide toward the earth in an airplane with no motor power or with the power..... off.
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load
(load)
Princeton's WordNet
the power output of a generator or power plant
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watt
(ɒt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the SI unit of power, equivalent to one joule per second and equal to the power..... circuit in which a current of one ampere flows across a potential difference of one volt.
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force
(ɔrs, foʊrs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
power.....nfluence, affect, or control; efficacious power:
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