power

1. Possession of controlling influence (synset 105198072)
   "the deterrent power of nuclear weapons"; "the power of his love saved her"; "his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade"
   tells us about:

   • powerful - having great power or force or potency or effect
   • powerless - lacking power
   is a type of: quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
   subtypes:

   • effectiveness, potency, strength - capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects
   • valence, valency - (chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent)
   • valence, valency - (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate
   • preponderance - superiority in power or influence
   • puissance - power to influence or coerce
   • persuasiveness, strength - the power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty
   • irresistibility, irresistibleness - the quality of being overpowering and impossible to resist
   • interest, interestingness - the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.)
   • chokehold, stranglehold, throttlehold - complete power over a person or situation
   • sway - controlling influence
   • influence - a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc
   • repellant, repellent - the power to repel
   • control - power to direct or determine
   • jurisdiction, legal power - (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
   • disposal - the power to use something or someone
   • discretion, free will - the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies
   • veto - the power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature)
   • effectiveness, effectivity, effectuality, effectualness - power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect
   same as: powerfulness
2. (physics) the rate of doing work;
   Measured in watts (= joules/second) (synset 111473433)
   referred to in: natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions
   is a type of: physical phenomenon - a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy
   subtypes:

   • electric power, electrical power, wattage - the product of voltage and current
   • waterpower - the power to do work that is latent in a head of water
3. Possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done (synset 105624029)
   "danger heightened his powers of discrimination"
   tells us about: able - (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
   is a type of: cognition, knowledge, noesis - the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
   subtypes:

   • know-how - the (technical) knowledge and skill required to do something
   • leadership - the ability to lead
   • intelligence - the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience
   • aptitude - inherent ability
   • bilingualism - the ability to speak two languages colloquially
   • capacity, mental ability - the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
   • creative thinking, creativeness, creativity - the ability to create
   • originality - the ability to think and act independently
   • science, skill - ability to produce solutions in some problem domain
   • accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainment, skill - an ability that has been acquired by training
   • hand - ability
   • superior skill - more than ordinary ability
   • faculty, mental faculty, module - one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
   same as: ability
4. (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power (synset 113968154)
   "being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage"; "during his first year in office"; "during his first year in power"; "the power of the president"
   referred to in: administration, governance, governing, government, government activity - the act of governing; exercising authority
   is a type of: state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes
   subtypes:

   • executive clemency - the power (usually of a president or governor) to pardon or commute the sentence of someone convicted in that jurisdiction
   • war power - an extraordinary power exercised (usually by the executive branch) in the prosecution of a war and involving an extension of the powers that the government normally has in peacetime
   same as: office
5. One possessing or exercising power or influence or authority (synset 110480990)
   "the mysterious presence of an evil power"; "may the force be with you"; "the forces of evil"
   is a type of: causal agency, causal agent, cause - any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results
   subtypes:

   • juggernaut, steamroller - a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way
   • influence - one having power to influence another
   • moloch - a tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience or sacrifice
   same as: force
6. A mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself (synset 106825275)
   is a type of: mathematical notation - a notation used by mathematicians
   subtypes:

   • degree - the highest power of a term or variable
   • log, logarithm - the exponent required to produce a given number
   same as: exponent, index
7. Physical strength (synset 105037846)
   is a type of: strength - the property of being physically or mentally strong
   same as: might, mightiness
8. A state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world (synset 108194510)
   is a type of: body politic, commonwealth, country, land, nation, res publica, state - a politically organized body of people under a single government
   subtypes: hegemon - a leading or paramount power
   same as: great power, major power, superpower, world power
9. Energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor (synset 111470903)
   "they built a car that runs on electricity"; "The power went oout around midnight"
   is a type of: energy, free energy - (physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs
   subtypes:

   • ac, alternating current, alternating electric current - an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally
   • dc, direct current, direct electric current - an electric current that flows in one direction steadily
   • signal - an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes
   same as: electrical energy, electricity
10. A very wealthy or powerful businessman (synset 109859605)
    "an oil baron"
    is a type of: businessman, man of affairs - a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive)
    subtypes: oil tycoon - a powerful person in the oil business
    same as: baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, top executive, tycoon

1. Supply the force or power for the functioning of (synset 201183856)
   "The gasoline powers the engines"
   is a type of: cater, ply, provide, supply - give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
   subtypes: drive - cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling

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