Full Definition of POWER
1
a (1) : ability to act or produce an effect (2) : ability to get extra-base hits (3) : capacity for being acted upon or undergoing an effect
b : legal or official authority, capacity, or right
2
a : possession of control, authority, or influence over others
b : one having such power; specifically : a sovereign state
c : a controlling group : establishment —often used in the phrase the powers that be
d archaic : a force of armed men
e chiefly dialect : a large number or quantity
3
a : physical might
b : mental or moral efficacy
c : political control or influence
4
plural : an order of angels — see celestial hierarchy
5
a : the number of times as indicated by an exponent that a number occurs as a factor in a product <5 to the third power is 125>; also : the product itself <8 is a power of 2>
b : cardinal number 2
6
a : a source or means of supplying energy; especially : electricity
b : motive power
c : the time rate at which work is done or energy emitted or transferred
7
: magnification 2b
8
: 1scope 3
9
: the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis in a statistical test when a particular alternative hypothesis happens to be true
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