Definition of power

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Power (n.) A mechanical agent; that from which useful mechanical energy is derived; as, water power; steam power; hand power, etc..

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Despotism :: Despotism (n.) The power, spirit, or principles of a despot; absolute control over others; tyrannical sway; tyranny..
Irresistible :: Irresistible (a.) That can not be successfully resisted or opposed; superior to opposition; resistless; overpowering; as, an irresistible attraction..
Quintilllion :: Quintilllion (n.) According to the French notation, which is used on the Continent and in America, the cube of a million, or a unit with eighteen ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, a number produced by involving a million to the fifth power, or a unit with thirty ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration..
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome, is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining press. See Fly wheel (below)..
Abdicate :: Abdicate (v. t.) To surrender or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; as, to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy..
Preemptive :: Preemptive (a.) Of or pertaining to preemption; having power to preempt; preempting.
Quality :: Quality (n.) That which makes, or helps to make, anything such as it is; anything belonging to a subject, or predicable of it; distinguishing property, characteristic, or attribute; peculiar power, capacity, or virtue; distinctive trait; as, the tones of a flute differ from those of a violin in quality; the great quality of a statesman..
Vicarial :: Vicarial (a.) Delegated; vicarious; as, vicarial power..
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To influence or direct by power and authority; by persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide..
Umpirage :: Umpirage (n.) The office of an umpire; the power, right, or authority of an umpire to decide..
Absolute :: Absolute (a.) Loosed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled; unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority, monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command; absolute power; an absolute monarch..
Law :: Law (n.) In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or order according to which an agent or a power acts..
Informative :: Informative (a.) Having power to inform, animate, or vivify..
Unitive :: Unitive (a.) Having the power of uniting; causing, or tending to produce, union..
Power :: 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..
Atropine :: Atropine (n.) A poisonous, white, crystallizable alkaloid, extracted from the Atropa belladonna, or deadly nightshade, and the Datura Stramonium, or thorn apple. It is remarkable for its power in dilating the pupil of the eye. Called also daturine..
Discretionary :: Discretionary () Left to discretion; unrestrained except by discretion or judgment; as, an ambassador with discretionary powers..
Stipulation :: Stipulation (n.) That which is stipulated, or agreed upon; that which is definitely arranged or contracted; an agreement; a covenant; a contract or bargain; also, any particular article, item, or condition, in a mutual agreement; as, the stipulations of the allied powers to furnish each his contingent of troops..
Biquadratic :: Biquadratic (a.) Of or pertaining to the biquadrate, or fourth power..
Numb :: Numb (v. t.) To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion; to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy.
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