power

n. ஆற்றல், விசையாற்றல், வேலைத்திறம், வேலைத்திற ஆற்றற்கூற, இயக்குந்திறம், இயக்குவிசை, இயந்திர ஆற்றல், இயந்திர ஆற்றல் கருவி, உருப்பெருக்காடி-தொலை நோக்காடி ஆகியவற்றின் இயலுருப்பெருக்க விசையளவு, கண்ணாடிச்சில்லின் குவிமைய அமைவு, ஆணையுரிமை, மேலாண்மையுரிமை, ஆட்சியுரிமை, வலிமை, மிடல், ஆட்சித்திறல், ஆட்சி, வல்லரசு, அடக்குந்திறம், கட்டுப்படுத்தி, ஆளுந்திறம், அதிகாரத் தலைமையிடம், ஊக்கம், உடல்வலிமை, சக்தி, செய்திறம், செயலுரிமை, செயலிசைவுரிமை, இயல்திறம், இயல்திற எல்லை, சட்டவுரிமை, உரிமைத்தகுதி, உரிமைத்தாள், உரிமைப்பத்திரம், ஆன்மிக வலிமை, உளத்திறக்கூறு, ஆன்மிக ஆற்றற் கூறு, செல்வாக்கு, பெருந்தொகை வலிமை, பேரெண் வலிமை, எழுத்தின் ஓசைத்திறம், பயன்விளைவுத்திறம், வலிமையாளர், இயக்குந்திறன் உடையவர், விவிலிய வழக்கில் அதிகாரத்துக்குட்பட்ட தன் அடையாளம், தேவ தூதர்களில் ஆளும் படித்தாரத்துக்குரிய தெய்வதங்கள், (கண.) எண்ணின் விசைப்பெருக்கம், (வடி.) மையவிசைமானம், இரு வட்டமைய இடைத்தொலப் பெருக்கத்திற்கும் அவற்றின் ஆரப்பெருக்கங்களுக்கும் இடைப்பட்ட வேற்றுமை அளவு, (பெ.) ஆற்றல் சார்ந்த, இயந்திர ஆற்றலால் இயக்கப்படுகிற, உடலாற்றலால் இயக்கப்படாத, (வினை.) இயந்திர ஆற்றலிணைவி.

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Pow"er, n. (Zoöl.) Defn: Same as Poor, the fish. Pow"er, n. Etym: [OE. pouer, poer, OF. poeir, pooir, F. pouvoir, n. & v., fr. LL. potere, for L. posse, potesse, to be able, to have power. See Possible, Potent, and cf. Posse comitatus.] 1. Ability to act, regarded as latent or inherent; the faculty of doing or performing something; capacity for action or performance; capability of producing an effect, whether physical or moral: potency; might; as, a man of great power; the power of capillary attraction; money gives power. "One next himself in power, and next in crime." Milton. 2. Ability, regarded as put forth or exerted; strength, force, or energy in action; as, the power of steam in moving an engine; the power of truth, or of argument, in producing conviction; the power of enthusiasm. "The power of fancy." Shak. 3. Capacity of undergoing or suffering; fitness to be acted upon; susceptibility; -- called also passive power; as, great power of endurance. Power, then, is active and passive; faculty is active power or capacity; capacity is passive power. Sir W. Hamilton. 4. The exercise of a faculty; the employment of strength; the exercise of any kind of control; influence; dominion; sway; command; government. Power is no blessing in itself but when it is employed to protect the innocent. Swift. 5. The agent exercising an ability to act; an individual invested with authority; an institution, or government, which exercises control; as, the great powers of Europe; hence, often, a superhuman agent; a spirit; a divinity. "The powers of darkness." Milton. And the powers of the heavens shall be shaken. Matt. xxiv. 29. 6. A military or naval force; an army or navy; a great host. Spenser. Never such a power . . . Was levied in the body of a land. Shak. 7. A large quantity; a great number; as, a power o. [Colloq.] Richardson. 8. (Mech.) (a) The rate at which mechanical energy is exerted or mechanical work performed, as by an engine or other machine, or an animal, working continuously; as, an engine of twenty horse power. Note: The English unit of power used most commonly is the horse power. See Horse power. (b) A mechanical agent; that from which useful mechanical energy is derived; as, water power; steam power; hand power, etc. (c) Applied force; force producing motion or pressure; as, the power applied at one and of a lever to lift a weight at the other end. Note: This use in mechanics, of power as a synonym for force, is improper and is becoming obsolete. (d) A machine acted upon by an animal, and serving as a motor to drive other machinery; as, a dog power. Note: Power is used adjectively, denoting, driven, or adapted to be driven, by machinery, and not actuated directly by the hand or foot; as, a power lathe; a power loom; a power press. 9. (Math.) Defn: The product arising from the multiplication of a number into itself; as, a square is the second power, and a cube is third power, of a number. 10. ( (Metaph.) Defn: Mental or moral ability to act; one of the faculties which are possessed by the mind or soul; as, the power of thinking, reasoning, judging, willing, fearing, hoping, etc. I. Watts. The guiltiness of my mind, the sudden surprise of my powers, drove the grossness . . . into a received belief. Shak. 11. (Optics) Defn: The degree to which a lens, mirror, or any optical instrument, magnifies; in the telescope, and usually in the microscope, the number of times it multiplies, or augments, the apparent diameter of an object; sometimes, in microscopes, the number of times it multiplies the apparent surface. 12. (Law) Defn: An authority enabling a person to dispose of an interest vested either in himself or in another person; ownership by appointment. Wharton. 13. Hence, vested authority to act in a given case; as, the business was referred to a committee with power. Note: Power may be predicated of inanimate agents, like the winds and waves, electricity and magnetism, gravitation, etc., or of animal and intelligent beings; and when predicated of these beings, it may indicate physical, mental, or moral ability or capacity. Mechanical powers. See under Mechanical. -- Power loom, or Power press. See Def. 8 (d), note. -- Power of attorney. See under Attorney. -- Power of a point (relative to a given curve) (Geom.), the result of substituting the coördinates of any point in that expression which being put equal to zero forms the equation of the curve; as, x2 + y2 - 100 is the power of the point x, y, relative to the circle x2 + y2 - 100 = 0.