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Power is control and influence over another entity and its actions.

List of powers central to this site

• Black power, a slogan which describes the aspiration of many Africans (whether they be in Africa or abroad) to national self-determination.
• Sexual power, Lady Macbeth is an ambitious woman who rules her husband with her sexual power
• Steam power, during the Industrial Revolution, steam power displaced water power and muscle power (which often came from horses) as the primary source of powe
• The Power Plant, Frankie Knuckles moved to another new venture in 1983
• The Will to Power

Power may refer to:

Social Sciences

• Power (social and political), the ability to control people or events
• Power (international relations), power in international relations theory
• Economic power, purchasing, monopoly, bargaining, managerial, class, or short-side power

Physics

• Power (physics), the rate at which work is performed or energy is converted
• Electric power, the rate at which electrical energy is transferred by a circuit
• Human power, the rate of work performed by a human
• Motive power, an agent used to create motion
• AC power, power in an alternating current electric circuit
• Optical power, the degree to which a lens converges or diverges light
• Magnification, the factor by which an optical system enlarges an image
• Transmitter power output, the power used by a radio transmitter
• Effective radiated power, a standardized theoretical measurement of the power of a radio transmitter
• Power spectral density, a real function denoting the power or energy of a signal
• Electrical power industry, companies generating electricity for the electrical grid

Mathematics

• Exponentiation
• Statistical power
• Power of a point

Surname

• Power (name)

Computing

• IBM Power (software), an IBM systems software operating system enhancement package
• IBM POWER, a RISC microprocessor architecture
• POW-R, a set of commercial dithering and noise shaping algorithms
• power, a utility program for the CP/M operating system

Film

• Power (1928 film), a 1928 comedy film starring William Boyd, Alan Hale, and Jacqueline Logan
• Power (1986 film), a 1986 film
• Power (2012 film), an upcoming Bollywood film
• The Power (film), a 1968 science fiction film, based on the Frank M. Robinson novel

Music

Albums

• Power (Barrabás album), 1973
• Power (Boys Noize album)
• Power (Ice-T album), 1988
• Power (Kansas album), 1986
• Power (Q and Not U album)
• Power (Tower of Power album)
• Power (The Temptations album)
• The Power (album), an album by Vanessa Amorosi
• Power, an album by SSD
• Power, an album by Lakeside
• Power (EP), an EP by B.A.P

Songs

• "Power" (Helloween song), 1996
• "Power" (Kanye West song), 2010
• "The Power" (Snap! song), 1990
• "Power", a song by Lipps Inc. from Mouth to Mouth
• "Power", a song by Rainbow from Straight Between the Eyes
• "Power", a song by The Temptations
• "Power" (KMFDM song), 1996
• "The Power", a song by Manowar from Louder Than Hell
• "The Power", a song by Cher from Believe
• "Power", a song by Fields of the Nephilim
• "Power" (B.A.P song), 2012
• "Power", a song by Tears for Fears from Elemental (Tears for Fears album)

Literature

• Power (novel), a 1962 novel by Howard Fast
• Power (2004 novel), a novel by J. A. Stiehl
• Power (play), a 2003 play by Nick Dear
• The Power (novel), a 1956 book by Frank M. Robinson, on which the 1968 film is based
• The Power (self-help book), a 2010 book by Rhonda Byrne
• Girl Got Game, originally Power!! a manga series
• Power: A New Social Analysis, a 1938 sociology book by Bertrand Russell

Sports and games

• West Virginia Power, a minor league baseball team
• Port Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed "Power", an Australian rules football club
• Pittsburgh Power, an Arena Football League team
• Phil Taylor (darts player) (born 1960), English darts champion, nicknamed "The Power"

Other

• 2C-P, psychedelic popularly known as power
• Power, Montana, a census-designated place in Teton County, Montana, United States
• Power98FM, an English-language radio station in Singapore
• De Coelesti Hierarchia, a Pseudo-Dionysian work on angelology which has an order of angels called "Powers"
• The Power (XM), an XM satellite radio channel
• J. D. Power and Associates, a global marketing information services firm
• Power Corporation of Canada, a Canadian conglomerate

See also

• hierarchy
• The powers that be