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* 1 Social sciences
* 2 Science
* 3 Mathematics
* 4 Religion/metaphysics
* 5 Commercial/industrial
* 6 Film
* 7 Music
* 8 Literature
* 9 Sports
* 10 Places
* 11 See also

For personal names, see Power (name) and Powers.

Power may refer to:
[edit] Social sciences

* Power (philosophy), refers broadly to any ability to effect change or exert control over either things or people, subjects or objects
* Political power, power held by a person or group in a country's political system, such as
o Executive (government)
o Judiciary
o Legislature
* Power in international relations refers to the ability of national states to influence or control other states; states themselves may be referred to as powers, and may be further distinguished as: historical powers, middle powers, regional powers, great powers, superpowers, or hyperpowers
* Economic power, multiple meanings
* Power (communication), power in interpersonal communication

[edit] Science

* Power (physics), the amount of work done or energy transferred per unit of time
o Human power is the amount of work a human does in a period of time
o Motive power is power which moves something
o AC power in electrical engineering is the complex form of power
o Optical power of a lens is the inverse of its focal length
o Effective radiated power in radio telecommunications is a measure of radio station antennas
o Electric power generation is the process of converting any form of energy to electrical energy, as in:
+ power station
+ nuclear power
+ solar power
+ wind power
+ wave power
+ tidal power
+ geothermal power
+ hydropower

[edit] Mathematics

* Power of a number, commonly written in the form e.g. xn: see exponentiation
* Statistical power is the probability that a statistical test will reject a false null hypothesis
* Power of a point, in geometry, a number that reflects the relative distance of a given point from a given circle
* Powerful numbers, positive integers such that if divided by a prime number p, are also divided by p2

[edit] Religion/metaphysics

* Will to power, a prominent concept in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche
* Higher Power, a spiritual concept prevalent in twelve-step programs
* a rank in angelology, see De Coelesti Hierarchia
* The Five Powers or Five Strengths, in Buddhism

[edit] Commercial/industrial

* IBM Power (software), a spooling package for IBM DOS
* IBM POWER, a RISC microprocessor architecture
* POW-R, a group of companies responsible for an audio codec standard
* Power98FM, a Singaporean radio station owned by SAFRA Radio

[edit] Film

* Power (film), a 1986 film
* The Power (film), a 1968 film based on the novel by Frank M. Robinson

[edit] Music

* Power ballad, a song genre
* Power metal, a subgenre of heavy metal music
* Power noise, a subgenre of industrial music
* "Pow R. Toc H.", a track by Pink Floyd
* Power (Kansas album), 1986
* Power (Ice-T album), 1988
* Power, a 1987 album by Lakeside
* Power (SSD album), a 1993 compilation album by the punk band SSD
* Power (Q and Not U album), a 2004 album by post-hardcore band Q and Not U
* The Power (Vanessa Amorosi album), a 2000 Australian album by Vanessa Amorosi
* "Power" (song), a song by German group Helloween
* "Power", a song by disco group Lipps Inc
* "Power" (Temptations song), a song by group The Temptations
* "Power" (Rainbow song), a song performed by Rainbow, written by lead singer Joe Lynn Turner
* "The Power" (Snap! song), a 1990 electronic pop song by Snap!
* "The Power", a song by Manowar from the album Louder Than Hell
* Raw Power (disambiguation)
* Power (Boys Noize album), 2009

[edit] Literature

* The Power (novel), a 1956 novel by Frank M. Robinson
* Power: A New Social Analysis, a 1938 work by Bertrand Russell
* The Power of Five, a series of five books written by Anthony Horowitz
* Power (2004 novel), a 2004 fantasy novel written by J. A. Stiehl
* Power (play), a play written by Nick Dear
* The 48 Laws of Power, a 1998 work by Robert Greene
* Power!!, a manga album originally published in Japan now called Girl Got Game
* Powers (comics), a comic book series

[edit] Sports

* Powerplay_(cricket), a set of overs where there are rules to govern the position of the fielders
* Power alley, the distance to the left-center and/or right-center field wall(s) in a baseball park
* The Power may refer to:
o Port Adelaide Football Club
o Phil Taylor, 13-time PDC World Darts Champion
o The West Virginia Power, a minor league baseball team

[edit] Places

* Power, Montana

[edit] See also

* Superpower (ability), special abilities of superheroes
* List of superhuman features and abilities in fiction
* Powers (disambiguation)
* The Powerpuff Girls
* Power Rangers
* Power supply