power

n//ˈpaʊ̯.(ə)ɹ//

makt, el, elektricitet, kraft, ström, förstoring, styrka, effekt, potens

  1. (countable) The ability to affect or influence.

  2. (social) The ability to coerce, influence, or control.

  3. The ability or authority to control, govern, command, coerce, etc., such as in a legal, political or business sphere.

  4. (metonymically) A strong or influential nation, company, or other such body.

  5. (specifically) Electricity or a supply of electricity.

  6. The strength by which a lens or mirror magnifies an optical image.

  7. Physical force or strength.

  8. (physics, mechanics) A measure of the effectiveness that a force producing a physical effect has over time. If linear, the quotient of: (force multiplied by the displacement of or in an object) ÷ time. If rotational, the quotient of: (force multiplied by the angle of displacement) ÷ time.

  9. A product of equal factors (and generalizations of this notion): x^n, read as "x to the power of n" or the like, is called a power and denotes the product x \times x \times \cdots \times x, where x appears n times in the product; x is called the base and n the exponent.

  10. (statistics) The probability that a statistical test will reject the null hypothesis when the alternative hypothesis is true.

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