Power

Power may refer to:

Science

Mathematics

• Exponentiation
• Power of a point
• Statistical 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
  • Horsepower, a unit of measurement for a mechanical engine's power output over time, mostly used in non-metric countries such as the United States
• In optics,
  • Magnification, the factor by which an optical system enlarges an image
  • Optical power, the degree to which a lens converges or diverges light

Computing

• Various related RISC instruction set architectures
  • Power Architecture, a RISC microprocessor architecture
    • Power.org, a consortium promoting this architecture
  • IBM POWER Instruction Set Architecture
  • PowerPC
• IBM POWER microprocessors, microprocessors from IBM that implement one of the instruction set architectures listed
• IBM Power (software), an IBM systems software operating system enhancement package
• MS PowerPoint, slide-presentation software

Social sciences and politics

• Power (social and political), the ability to influence people or events
• Police power
• Economic power, purchasing, monopoly, bargaining, managerial, class, or short-side power
• Power and control in abusive relationships
• Power harassment
• Power (international relations)
  • Emerging power
  • Middle power
  • Great power
  • Regional power
  • Small power
  • Superpower
• Power projection
• Hard power
• Soft power
• Smart power

Entertainment

Film

• Power (1986 film), an American drama film

• Power (2014 Telugu film), an Telugu film starring Ravi Teja and Hansika Motwani
• Power (2014 Kannada film), a Kannada film starring Puneeth Rajkumar and Trisha
• Power (2016 film), a Bengali action comedy film
• The Power (film), a 1968 science fiction film
• Power, a 1928 comedy film starring William Boyd, Alan Hale, and Jacqueline Logan

Literature

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

Music

Albums

• Power (Barrabás album), 1973
• Power (Boys Noize album)
• Power (B.A.P EP), 2012
• Power (Nekrogoblikon EP)
• Power (Ice-T album), 1988
• Power (Kansas album), 1986
• Power, an album by Lakeside
• Power (Q and Not U album), 2004
• Power, by The Temptations, 1980
• Power (Tower of Power album), 1987
• Power, an album by SSD
• The Power (album), by Vanessa Amorosi

Songs

• "Power" (B.A.P EP), 2012
• "Power", a song by Fields of the Nephilim
• "Power" (Helloween song), 1996
• "Power", a song by John Oswald, 1975
• "Power" (Kanye West song), 2010
• "Power", a song by Kat Graham (2013)
• "Power" (KMFDM song), 1996
• "Power", a song by Leona Lewis from I Am
• "Power", a song by Lipps Inc. from Mouth to Mouth
• "Power", a song by Rainbow from Straight Between the Eyes
• "Power", a song by Tears for Fears from Elemental
• "Power", a song by The Temptations, title track of 1980 album
• "The Power", a song by Cher from Believe
• "The Power", a song by Manowar from Louder Than Hell
• "The Power" (Snap! song), 1990
• Power, a song by John Hall (1979)

Sports

• Phil Taylor (darts player) (born 1960), English darts champion nicknamed "The Power"
• Pittsburgh Power, an Arena Football League
• Port Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed "Power", an Australian rules football club
• Power (horse), a British thoroughbred
• Power F.C., a professional football club based in Koforidua, Ghana
• West Virginia Power, a minor league baseball team

Television

• Power (TV series), a 2014 drama series on Starz about a New York City illegal drug network
• "Power", an episode of season 6 of the drama series Smallville

Other

• Power, or Energy industry
• Power (name), a list of persons with the surname
• 2C-P, psychedelic popularly known as power
• Power (UTA station), a light rail station in Salt Lake City, Utah
• Power!, a 1985 video game
• Power98FM, an English-language radio station in Singapore
• Power (production company), a British television production company
• Powers, a rank in the Christian angelic hierarchy
• A quizbowl term meaning to get a question before a predesignated point for additional points
• The Power (XM), an XM satellite radio channel
• Power of appointment, a legal term, related to trust law
• Power of attorney, a legal term

Places

• Power, Montana, a census-designated place
• Power, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
• Power County, Idaho

See also

• J. D. Power and Associates, a global marketing information services firm
• POW-R, a set of commercial dithering and noise shaping algorithms
• Powers (disambiguation)