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Concept in social philosophy
Foucault's understanding, power is based on knowledge and makes use of knowledge; on the other hand, power reproduces knowledge by shaping it in accordance
Power-knowledge
Aphorism often attributed to Sir Francis Bacon
meaning "knowledge is power", commonly attributed to Sir Francis Bacon. The expression "ipsa scientia potestas est" ('knowledge itself is power') occurs
Knowledge_is_power
French philosopher (1926–1984)
Foucault's theories primarily addressed the relationships between power, knowledge and liberty, and he analyzed how they are used as a form of social
Michel_Foucault
Topics referred to by the same term
Latin aphorism meaning "knowledge is power" Knowledge is Power or Scientia Potentia Est may also refer to: Knowledge is Power (video game) Znanie — Sila
Knowledge is Power (disambiguation)
Knowledge_is_Power_(disambiguation)
Awareness of facts, or competency
Knowledge is an awareness of facts (descriptive knowledge), a familiarity with individuals and situations (knowledge by acquaintance), or a practical skill
Knowledge
1998 Filipino TV series or program
Knowledge Power is a Philippine television informative show broadcast by ABS-CBN. Hosted by Ernie Baron, it aired from July 5, 1998 to February 28, 2004
Knowledge_Power
2017 video game
Knowledge is Power is a 2017 party video game developed by British company Wish Studios and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation
Knowledge is Power (video game)
Knowledge_is_Power_(video_game)
Field of theory which examines elements of conversation
which power relations produce men and women who can speak. The interrelation between power and knowledge renders every human relationship into a power negotiation
Discourse
Philosophical study of knowledge
and limits of knowledge. Also called the theory of knowledge, it explores different types of knowledge, such as propositional knowledge about facts, practical
Epistemology
Philosophical term
in general terms, such as a "dispositif of power" (dispositif de pouvoir) or a "dispositif of power-knowledge." Dispositifs played a central role in Discipline
Dispositif
Type of knowledge base
In knowledge representation and reasoning, a knowledge graph is a knowledge base that uses a graph-structured data model or topology to represent and operate
Knowledge_graph
Power through control of communications
Monopolies of knowledge arise when the ruling class maintains political power through control of key communications technologies. The Canadian economic
Monopolies_of_knowledge
Decolonial theory
coloniality of knowledge comes from coloniality theories, encompassing coloniality of power, coloniality of being, and coloniality of knowledge. Peruvian sociologist
Coloniality_of_knowledge
Protagonist of a classic German legend
and the adjective "Faustian" imply sacrificing spiritual values for power, knowledge, or material gain. The Faust of early books – as well as the ballads
Faust
Canadian TV channel in British Columbia
assigned numeric callsigns with the prefix "CH" due to being low-powered. Knowledge receives funding both from the British Columbia government and from
Knowledge_Network
Logical dilemma in philosophy
following: If a god knows everything and has unlimited power, then it has knowledge of all evil and has the power to put an end to it. But if it does not end it
Epicurean_paradox
Book by Alvin Toffler
of knowledge, wealth and force is described by Toffler as providing individuals or other entities power. Knowledge is the most powerful form of power, considering
Powershift_(book)
Subtype of delusion
power knowledge identity exceptional relationship to a deity or famous person. For example, someone who has extraordinary beliefs about their power or
Delusions_of_grandeur
Network of college-preparatory charter schools in the United States
The Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) is a network of tuition-free, open-enrollment college-preparatory public charter schools serving students in historically
KIPP
Collectively shared and managed information
Gyuris, Ferenc (2015), "Knowledge and Power in Sovietized Hungarian Geography", Geographies of Knowledge and Power, Knowledge and Space, vol. 7, Dordrecht:
Knowledge_commons
Approach to generating value
knowledge economy, or knowledge-based economy, is an economic system in which the production of goods and services is primarily driven by knowledge-intensive
Knowledge_economy
Field of artificial intelligence
Knowledge representation (KR) aims to model information in a structured manner to formally represent it as knowledge in knowledge-based systems whereas
Knowledge representation and reasoning
Knowledge_representation_and_reasoning
Critical theory approach to international relations
Said was informed by Foucault's discourse analysis and power-knowledge to illustrate the power of European culture through its management and production
Postcolonial international relations
Postcolonial_international_relations
Skills, ideas and experiences
Tacit knowledge or implicit knowledge is knowledge that is difficult to extract or articulate—as opposed to conceptualized, formalized, codified, or explicit
Tacit_knowledge
Knowledge base to enhance search results
March 2017. The Knowledge Graph was powered in part by Freebase. In August 2014, New Scientist reported that Google had launched a Knowledge Vault project
Knowledge_Graph_(Google)
Book by Jerome Ravetz
The Merger of Knowledge with Power: Essays in Critical Science is a book written in 1990 by Jerome Ravetz. The book contains a series of essays which touch
The Merger of Knowledge with Power
The_Merger_of_Knowledge_with_Power
British rapper, journalist, author, and activist
provided "Part 2". In May 2012, Daley released a two-part mixtape, Knowledge Is Power, containing "Fire in the Booth", and followed the release with a promotional
Akala_(rapper)
Non-violent political tactic employed by dissidents
Michel Foucault spoke and wrote about power and oppression by examining how "technologies of power and knowledge have, since antiquity, intertwined and
Speaking_truth_to_power
Study of political, economic and social factors about environmental issues
knowledge of power, people have learned how they should behave. In so doing, Foucault separates sovereign power from bio-power. Where sovereign power
Political_ecology
Philosophical term referring to systems of understanding (i.e. knowledge)
'science, knowledge'; French: épistème) is knowledge or understanding. The term epistemology, a branch of philosophy concerning knowledge, is derived
Episteme
Activity through which knowledge is exchanged
Knowledge sharing or skill sharing is an activity through which knowledge (namely, information, skills, or expertise) is exchanged among people, friends
Knowledge_sharing
knowledge is power - given that power is a value in its own right. Only towards of the end of the 20th century, however, was the value of knowledge in
Knowledge_value
Concept in social science
structures of power and privilege. Issues related to knowledge equity are discussed in fields such as standpoint theory or decolonial research. Knowledge equity
Knowledge_equity
Language, Counter-Memory, Practice, edited by Donald F. Bouchard (1977) Power/Knowledge, edited by C. Gordon (1980) The Foucault Reader, edited by P. Rabinow
Michel_Foucault_bibliography
Knowledge of how to perform a task
Procedural knowledge, also known as know-how, is the knowledge exercised in the performance of some task. Unlike descriptive knowledge (also known as
Procedural_knowledge
Nietzsche's philosophical ideas
in the famous power-knowledge equation). Deleuze, arguably the foremost of Nietzsche's interpreters, used the much-maligned "will to power" thesis in tandem
Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche
Philosophy_of_Friedrich_Nietzsche
1955 book by Meher Baba
the atma eternally enjoys individualized experience of the infinite power, knowledge and bliss of God, without ever using their attributes. Retaining its
God_Speaks
A knowledge deity is a deity in mythology associated with knowledge, wisdom, or intelligence. Abena Motianim, goddess of wisdom, knowledge and divination
List_of_knowledge_deities
Knowledge enterprise is a knowledge company. Variations of this name include knowledge-intensive company, organisation, or enterprise. However, the scope
Knowledge_enterprise
Historical technique in philosophy
often than not, discovered by chance, backed up by the operation of Power/knowledge or the consideration of interest. Furthermore, all truths are questionable
Genealogy_(philosophy)
Worker whose main capital is knowledge
A knowledge worker is a worker whose main capital is their knowledge and expertise. Examples of such professionals include ICT professionals, physicians
Knowledge_worker
Proving validity without revealing other data
In cryptography, a zero-knowledge proof (also known as a ZK proof or ZKP) is a protocol in which one party (the prover) can convince another party (the
Zero-knowledge_proof
School of thought
coloniality of power is a concept interrelating the practices and legacies of European colonialism in social orders and forms of knowledge, advanced in
Decoloniality
Statement widely known to be true
Common knowledge is knowledge that is publicly known by everyone or nearly everyone, usually with reference to the community in which the knowledge is referenced
Common_knowledge
works, the knowledge of education is an issue of power as productive, as shaping, and in circulation rather than a simplistic concept of power envisioned
Thomas_S._Popkewitz
Swiss geographer (1936–2025)
1177/019251218400500205 "Could Foucault have revolutionized Geography?", In: Space, Knowledge and Power, Chapter 14. Translated by Gerald Moore. Pour une géographie du pouvoir
Claude_Raffestin
Mechanism for distributing knowledge resources
A knowledge market is a mechanism for distributing knowledge resources. There are two views on knowledge and how knowledge markets can function. One view
Knowledge_market
Person who facilitates knowledge transfer
producers and users of knowledge. This development involves providing linkages, knowledge sources, and in some cases, knowledge itself, (e.g., technical
Knowledge_broker
American anthropologist (1944–2021)
the mutually productive relations of knowledge, thought, and care are given form within shifting relations of power. More recently, Rabinow developed a
Paul_Rabinow
Intelligence of machines
prompts. The traditional goals of AI research include learning, reasoning, knowledge representation, planning, natural language processing, and perception
Artificial_intelligence
Fictional comic-book character
magical abilities, even rivaled her mother Umar in raw power. Clea possesses a vast knowledge of magical lore through extensive studies of sorcery under
Clea_Strange
Snowmobile brand
Retrieved 7 October 2014. Nadasdy, Paul (2011). Hunters and Bureaucrats: Power, Knowledge, and Aboriginal-State Relations in the Southwest. UBC Press. p. 273
Ski-Doo
Discourse analysis focusing on power relations
Foucault bibliography Post-structuralism Postmodernism power/knowledge The Archaeology of Knowledge The History of Sexuality Lisa M. Given (2008). The Sage
Foucauldian discourse analysis
Foucauldian_discourse_analysis
has resulted in the emergence of knowledge as a valuable resource, increasingly determining who has access to power and profit. The rapid dissemination
Knowledge_divide
Small-scale cultivation of plants
and to demonstrate power, knowledge, status and even wealth of those in control of the cultivated plant material. This symbolic power that plants hold has
Horticulture
Sharing knowledge for problem solving
Knowledge transfer is the transfer of facts or practical skills from one entity to another. The specific profile of transfer processes that are activated
Knowledge_transfer
Knowledge management in nuclear technology
knowledge management (NKM) is knowledge management as applied in the nuclear technology field. It supports the gathering and sharing of new knowledge
Nuclear_knowledge_management
Approach to social philosophy
challenging systemic power relations in society, arguing that knowledge, truth, and social structures are fundamentally shaped by power dynamics between dominant
Critical_theory
Dutch or Flemish mine entrepreneur and mineral prospector
of the German Miners at Augsburg (Kendal, 1912), p. 3. Eric H. Ash, Power, Knowledge, and Expertise in Elizabethan England (Baltimore, 2004), p. 45. Stephen
Cornelius_de_Vos
Outsourcing of core information-related business activities
Knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) describes the outsourcing of core information-related business activities which are competitively important or form
Knowledge_process_outsourcing
Knowledge: what is known, understood, proven; information and products of learning
topical guide to knowledge: Knowledge is an awareness of facts (descriptive knowledge), a familiarity with individuals and situations (knowledge by acquaintance)
Outline_of_knowledge
Awareness and perception of others
that "the gaze is [conceptually] integral to systems of power, and [to] ideas about knowledge"; that to practice the gaze is to enter a personal relationship
Gaze
published. William Catton's Overshoot is published. Michel Foucault's Power/Knowledge is published. Richard Sennett's Authority is published. Immanuel Wallerstein's
1980s_in_sociology
Aristotelian definition of humanity
Philosophy of Economics (2003) p. 194. Stigum, p. 198. L. Johnson, Power Knowledge Animals (2012) p. 80. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates
Rational_animal
Premise that life is central to politics
was gradually caught up in a number of apparatuses (dispositifs) of power/knowledge, which sought to govern life. Life was managed, regulated, controlled
Biopolitics
American political scientist (1904–1980)
Studies 37 (2011): 1335–1356. Zambernardi, Lorenzo."The limits of power: Knowledge, ethics, and foreign policy in Hans J. Morgenthau’s international theory
Hans_Morgenthau
Threshold knowledge is a term in the study of higher education used to describe core concepts—or threshold concepts—which, once understood, transform
Threshold_knowledge
— gender — gendered division of labour — gendering — genealogy of power/knowledge — generalized other — generalized other — genetic engineering — genocide
Index_of_sociology_articles
Social theory of Latin America
coloniality of power is a concept interrelating the practices and legacies of European colonialism in social orders and forms of knowledge, advanced in
Coloniality_of_power
Marvel Comics superhero team
the Power family while his parents were away on missions. Although Franklin was a member of the group, the Fantastic Four had no knowledge of Power Pack
Power_Pack
In Judaism and Christianity, a tree in the Garden of Eden
In Judaism and Christianity, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Tiberian Hebrew: עֵץ הַדַּעַת טוֹב וָרָע, romanized: ʿēṣ haddaʿaṯ ṭōḇ wārāʿ,
Tree of the knowledge of good and evil
Tree_of_the_knowledge_of_good_and_evil
American educational services company
Knowledge Universe was an American educational services company that was founded by Michael Milken and existed from 1996 to 2015. The stated goal of the
Knowledge_Universe
Indian energy company
Reliance Power Limited (R-Power), formerly Reliance Energy Generation Limited (REGL) is a part of the Reliance Group. It was established to develop, construct
Reliance_Power
Urbanity in iran Sixth International Conference on Urban History: Power, Knowledge and Society in the City[dead link], Edinburgh September 5–7, 2002 Urbanity
Urbanity
Idle talk or rumour, especially about personal or private affairs of others
This causes the gossiper's reward power to increase. Expert: when a gossiper seems to have very detailed knowledge of either the organization's values
Gossip
The following is the list of programs aired by Knowledge Network. Animals at Work (2008–present) British Columbia: An Untold History Call the Midwife
List of programs broadcast by Knowledge Network
List_of_programs_broadcast_by_Knowledge_Network
Field in computer-aided design
Knowledge-based engineering (KBE) is the application of knowledge-based systems technology to the domain of design of manufacturing systems. The design
Knowledge-based_engineering
British-Pakistani anthropologist (born 1932)
positions and analytical categories and their insertion within a certain power-knowledge moment and configuration, a theoretical approach he draws from Foucault
Talal_Asad
Conceptions of knowledge and understanding in Indian religions
science, learning, knowledge, and scholarship. Most importantly, it refers to valid knowledge, which cannot be contradicted, and true knowledge, which is the
Vidya_(philosophy)
Subset of enterprise content management
in colors. Notable knowledge management tools include: Document360 - AI powered knowledge management software Bloomfire – Knowledge sharing software with
Knowledge_management_software
The knowledge of Christ refers to one of two possible, and at times related, topics in Christology: one addresses how Christians come to know Christ,
Knowledge_of_Christ
Group of South Asian scholars of postcolonial and post-imperial underclasses
Subaltern Studies", criticizing the turn to Foucauldian studies of power-knowledge that left behind many of the empiricist and Marxist efforts of the
Subaltern_Studies
Society driven by knowledge
A knowledge society generates, shares, and makes available to all members of the society knowledge that may be used to improve the human condition. A knowledge
Knowledge_society
Overview of and topical guide to sociology
Paradigm shift Political economy Popular culture Postmodernity Poverty Power Power-knowledge Racism Rationalisation Reflexivity Religion Secularisation Sexism
Outline_of_sociology
Knowledge theory in political science
nóos ("knowledge") and πολιτικός politikós (πολίτης polítēs "citizen", from πόλις pólis "city"), is the network-based geopolitics of knowledge. The term
Noopolitik
Process of undoing colonial influences on knowledge
model of global power concentrated all forms of the control of subjectivity, culture, and especially knowledge and the production of knowledge under its hegemony
Decolonization_of_knowledge
Concept in political science and philosophy
the "Rule of Law", the "microphysics of power" and also on what Foucault called biopolitics and power-knowledge. In a series of lectures and articles,
Governmentality
Human-dominated ecosystems of the anthropocene era
Taylor & Francis Group. Nadasdy, Paul 2003 “Hunters and Bureaucrats: Power, Knowledge, and Aboriginal-State Relations in the Southwest Yukon.” Vancouver
Human_ecosystem
Technology park in Navi Mumbai, India
Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge CITY, often abbreviated as DAKC, is a technology park located at Kopar Khairane in Navi Mumbai, India. Spread over 56 hectares
Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City
Dhirubhai_Ambani_Knowledge_City
question is not whether you have knowledge but know how to compute new knowledge from it, almost always applying computing power to help." It has been argued
Computational knowledge economy
Computational_knowledge_economy
British sociologist (born 1947)
which aimed to identify and evaluate the potential impact of the new knowledge and technologies produced by the Human Brain Project in neuroscience,
Nikolas_Rose
Women's Movements in Asia: Feminisms and Transnational Activism Materializing Thailand Women's Studies in Thailand: Power, Knowledge, and Justice v t e
Women's_Association_of_Siam
American nuclear fusion and energy company
fusion power plant based on the ARC tokamak design. It has participated in the United States Department of Energy’s INFUSE public-private knowledge innovation
Commonwealth_Fusion_Systems
1991 studio album by Van Halen
For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (often abbreviated as F.U.C.K.) is the ninth studio album by American rock band Van Halen. It was released on June 17, 1991
For_Unlawful_Carnal_Knowledge
Indian conglomerate company
Group entered the power sector through Reliance Power, and the entertainment sector by acquiring Adlabs. In October 2010, Reliance power placed the world's
Reliance_Group
Indian businessman (born 1959)
corporations, including Reliance Capital, Reliance Infrastructure, Reliance Power, and Reliance Communications. Ambani, once the sixth richest person in the
Anil_Ambani
1995 novel by Nicola Griffith
Møller, P. (1 July 2002). "The Unsettled Undercurrents of Hedon Road Power, Knowledge, and Environmental Risk Management in Nicola Griffith's Slow River"
Slow_River
State legislature of Massachusetts
colony, discuss its needs, and thus, with local knowledge and derivative (royally sourced) rulemaking power, manage it. The first meeting of the original
Massachusetts_General_Court
1971 film by Mike Nichols
Carnal Knowledge is a 1971 American comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols and written by Jules Feiffer. It stars Jack Nicholson, Candice Bergen,
Carnal_Knowledge_(film)
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is an American fantasy television series developed by J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay for the streaming service
List of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power features
List_of_The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Rings_of_Power_features
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Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : regional name for someone from the district north of Paris known in Old French as Gohiere.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of the various places in northern France called Gouy (from the Gallo-Roman personal name Gaudius + the locative suffix -acum), with the addition of the Anglo-Norman French suffix -er.English : from a Norman personal name, Go(h)ier, cognate with the Old English name mentioned at Gooder.Welsh : from the peninsula in southern Wales, of which the Welsh name is Gŵyr.Probably an Americanized spelling of German Gauer.
Boy/Male
British, English
Surname Related to Paul; Small
Boy/Male
Welsh Shakespearean
Pure.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Power
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Power.
Surname or Lastname
English (East Anglia, chiefly Norfolk)
English (East Anglia, chiefly Norfolk) : occupational name for someone who mowed pasture lands to provide hay, from an agent derivative of Middle English mow(en) ‘mow’ (Old English mÄwen).Welsh : nickname from mawr ‘big’ (see Moore 6).German (Möwer) : nickname from an agent derivative of Middle High German mÅven ‘to torment, trouble, or burden’.
Surname or Lastname
Irish (Leinster and Munster) and English (of Norman origin)
Irish (Leinster and Munster) and English (of Norman origin) : habitational name for someone from Pois, a place in Picardy (said to have been named with Old French pois ‘fish’ because of its well-stocked river), from Old French Pohier ‘native of Pois’.English : nickname for a poor man, or ironically for a miser, from Middle English, Old French povre, poure ‘poor’ (Latin pauper). Woulfe gives this also as the meaning of the Norman Irish name, which in early records is found as le Poer, believing it to be a nickname for someone who has taken a vow of poverty.
Boy/Male
Tamil
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Power
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Boy/Male
Hindu
Power
Boy/Male
Tamil
Power
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : occupational name denoting a servant who carried the ewer to guests at table so that they could wash their hands, Anglo-Norman French and Middle English ewerer (related to ewere ‘jug’), with the French definite article l’.Cornish : variant of Flower 4.
Boy/Male
Australian, Danish, Swedish
Strong Power; Hardy Power
Boy/Male
Tamil
Power
Surname or Lastname
German
German : habitational name for someone from Posa or Poserna, south of Merseburg, or a variant of Pose (see Posey).English : variant of Peiser.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a vain or proud man, from Middle English po ‘peacock’. Compare Peacock.Welsh : variant of Pugh.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived near a tower, usually a defensive fortification or watchtower, from Middle English, Old French tūr (Latin turris).English : occupational name for someone who dressed white leather, cured with alum rather than tanned with bark, from an agent derivative of Middle English taw(en) (Old English tawian ‘to prepare, make ready’).English : Americanized spelling of German Tauer.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Power
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Powell.North German : from a form of the personal name Paul.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a baker, doghere, from an agent derivative of Middle English dogh ‘dough’.Probably an Americanized spelling of German Dauer.
Surname or Lastname
Scottish
Scottish : occupational name for a bow maker, Older Scots bowar, equivalent to English Bowyer.English and Scottish : from Middle English bur, bour ‘bower’, ‘cottage’, ‘inner room’ (Old English būr), hence a topographic name for someone who lived in a small cottage, an occupational name for a house servant who attended his master in his private quarters (see Bowerman), or a habitational name from any of various places, for example in Essex, named Bower or Bowers from this word.
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Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Inspiration; Leadership; One Man Army
Boy/Male
Indian, Tamil
Hero; Kind
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Smile
Girl/Female
Arabic, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Muslim, Telugu
Happiness
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Telugu
Lord Narasimaha; Lord Venkateswara
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Dahlia, DALIA means "dahlia flower" or "valley flower."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from either of two places called Warmington. The one in Warwickshire was named in Old English as Wǣrmundingtūn ‘settlement (Old English tūn) associated with Wǣrmund’. That in Northamptonshire was Wyrmingtūn ‘settlement associated with Wyrm’, an unattested byname meaning ‘serpent’, ‘dragon’.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, English, Indian, Tamil
Dangerous; Loud; Spirited
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada
Request
Girl/Female
Arabic, Assamese, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sindhi, Telugu
Name of a Bird
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n.
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.
n.
A machine acted upon by an animal, and serving as a motor to drive other machinery; as, a dog power.
a.
To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down; as, to lower a bucket into a well; to lower a sail or a boat; sometimes, to pull down; as, to lower a flag.
n.
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.
n.
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.
n.
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.
n.
A large quantity; a great number; as, a power o/ good things.
n.
Hence, vested authority to act in a given case; as, the business was referred to a committee with power.
n.
A mechanical agent; that from which useful mechanical energy is derived; as, water power; steam power; hand power, etc.
v. i.
To be reduced to powder; to become like powder; as, some salts powder easily.
v. t.
To sprinkle with powder, or as with powder; to be sprinkle; as, to powder the hair.
n.
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.
a.
To bring down; to humble; as, to lower one's pride.
a.
To reduce the height of; as, to lower a fence or wall; to lower a chimney or turret.
n.
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.
n.
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.
n.
Capacity of undergoing or suffering; fitness to be acted upon; susceptibility; -- called also passive power; as, great power of endurance.
a.
To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of; as, to lower the temperature of anything; to lower one's vitality; to lower distilled liquors.