Definition of power

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Power (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..

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Bioplast :: Bioplast (n.) A tiny mass of bioplasm, in itself a living unit and having formative power, as a living white blood corpuscle; bioblast..
Strength :: Strength (n.) That quality which tends to secure results; effective power in an institution or enactment; security; validity; legal or moral force; logical conclusiveness; as, the strength of social or legal obligations; the strength of law; the strength of public opinion; strength of evidence; strength of argument..
Fetish :: Fetish (n.) A material object supposed among certain African tribes to represent in such a way, or to be so connected with, a supernatural being, that the possession of it gives to the possessor power to control that being..
Subordinate :: Subordinate (a.) Inferior in order, nature, dignity, power, importance, or the like..
Sight :: Sight (v. t.) The power of seeing; the faculty of vision, or of perceiving objects by the instrumentality of the eyes..
Edict :: Edict (n.) A public command or ordinance by the sovereign power; the proclamation of a law made by an absolute authority, as if by the very act of announcement; a decree; as, the edicts of the Roman emperors; the edicts of the French monarch..
Archchemic :: Archchemic (a.) Of supreme chemical powers.
Temperative :: Temperative (a.) Having power to temper.
Operate :: Operate (v. i.) To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act..
Priestcraft :: Priestcraft (n.) Priestly policy; the policy of a priesthood; esp., in an ill sense, fraud or imposition in religious concerns; management by priests to gain wealth and power by working upon the religious motives or credulity of others..
Resort :: Resort (n.) Active power or movement; spring.
Erastian :: Erastian (n.) One of the followers of Thomas Erastus, a German physician and theologian of the 16th century. He held that the punishment of all offenses should be referred to the civil power, and that holy communion was open to all. In the present day, an Erastian is one who would see the church placed entirely under the control of the State..
Dynamization :: Dynamization () The act of setting free the dynamic powers of a medicine, as by shaking the bottle containing it..
Witch :: Witch (n.) One who exercises more than common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person; also, one given to mischief; -- said especially of a woman or child..
Comet- Seeker :: Comet- seeker (n.) A telescope of low power, having a large field of view, used for finding comets..
Diaphanic :: Diaphanic (a.) Having power to transmit light; transparent; diaphanous.
Self-confident :: Self-confident (a.) Confident of one's own strength or powers; relying on one's judgment or ability; self-reliant.
Corrective :: Corrective (a.) Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties..
Diagometer :: Diagometer (n.) A sort of electroscope, invented by Rousseau, in which the dry pile is employed to measure the amount of electricity transmitted by different bodies, or to determine their conducting power..
Mortify :: Mortify (v. t.) To destroy the active powers or essential qualities of; to change by chemical action.
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