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Power has many meanings, most of which imply (a capacity for) control or force, (though in physics the terms "power" and "force" have different meanings).
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Physics
Power (physics) is the amount of work done or energy transferred per unit of time.
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Mathematics
Power of a method which, in the field of methodology, is inversely proportional to the generality of the method
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Social sciences
Reserve power, a power that may be exercised by the head of state of a country in certain exceptional circumstances.
Purchasing power, the amount of goods and services a given amount of money can buy
Bargaining power or market power or monopoly power, the ability to influence the setting of prices or wages, or to restrict the amount of production, sales, or employment, or the quality of a good or a service; and, in the case of monopoly, the ability to exclude competitors from the market.
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Art and culture
Powers (comics), a comic book series by Brian Michael Bendis and Mike Avon Oeming
Power, a play written by Nick Dear
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Paranormal, supernatural, and fiction
Super-powers are special abilities of superheroes, or abilities specific to a character in a video or card game
A deity is sometimes called a "Power"
Powers are one of nine orders of angels in medieval angelology
Power is the subject of many songs by the heavy metal group Manowar.
In the early 1990's in the US, Power referred to how much more damage a video game character could take, has now been replaced by HP.
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People named Power
Manley Power, Peninsular War and War of 1812 British general
Also see Powers for people with that surname.
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