Определение power#on в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь
- police power
- The inherent power, incident to sovereignty, of a state to regulate and exercise reasonable control over matters of public health, public morals, public safety, and in general, all things relating to the general welfare
- poor power
- Limited ability
Heavy as was her burden, not one feather's weight of it should he carry, if by any means in her poor power she could hold it from his back.
- power
- In Christian angelology, the fourth level of angels, ranked above archangels and below principalities
- power
- A measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy
- power
- To hit or kick something forcefully
- power
- To provide power for (a mechanical or electronic device)
This CD player is powered by batteries.
- power
- control, particularly legal or political (jurisdiction)
In the face of expanding federal power, California in particular struggled to maintain control over its Chinese population.
- power
- Cardinality
- power
- A rate to magnify an optical image by a lens or mirror
We need a microscope with higher power.
- power
- electricity or a supply of electricity
After the pylons collapsed, this town was without power for a few days.
- power
- The probability that a statistical test will reject the null hypothesis when the alternative hypothesis is true
- power
- A product of equal factors. Notation and usage: xn, read as "x to the power of n" or "x to the nth power", denotes x × x × ... × x, in which x appears n times, where n is called the exponent; the definition is extended to non-integer and complex exponents
- power
- physical force or strength
He needed a lot of power to hit the ball out of the stadium.
- power
- capability or influence
Past and future obviously have no reality of their own. Just as the moon has no light of its own, but can only reflect the light of the sun, so are past and future only pale reflections of the light, power, and reality of the eternal present.
- power ballad
- An emotional rock song, generally focused on love, delivered with powerful vocals
- power base
- The source of a person's or organization's power or influence
- power bases
- plural form of power base
- power behind the throne
- Someone who appears to be without special status, but who has great covert influence on a person in authority
- power box
- A box that is the source that sends the electricity to the houses in that part of the neighborhood
- power boxes
- plural form of power box
- power broker
- A person or group having the ability to influence important decisions, especially in public policy, politics, and business
The Qatar government, which runs the QIA, will become a major power-broker in determining the future of the London exchange.
- power brokers
- plural form of power broker
- power chord
- A chord or combination of notes used in rock music and typically selected to sound good at high volume and high levels of distortion. Power chords make extensive use of intervals such as open fourths and fifths
- power chords
- plural form of power chord
- power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely
- The corrupting influence of power is total when one's power is total
Lord Acton see: Wikiquote.
- power cut
- An interruption in the supply of power (usually electricity)
- power cuts
- plural form of power cut
- power down
- To switch off
- power dressing
- a style of business dress that gives an impression of confidence and efficiency
- power factor
- The ratio of the actual power to the apparent power in an alternating current power system; specifically, the cosine of the phase angle between the voltage and the current
The power factor is of interest because it is a measure of the power which does useful work.
- power factors
- plural form of power factor
- power forward
- A forward who is responsible for scoring near the basket, collecting rebounds and blocking shots in defence
- power forward
- A forward who is capable of both rugged physical play and scoring goals
- power forwards
- plural form of power forward
- power function
- a function where the independent variable is raised to some real number power
- power functions
- plural form of power function
- power gamer
- A player who focuses on making his or her characters as powerful as possible
- power gamer
- A regular gamer who plays computationally demanding games on state-of-the-art hardware
- power hitter
- a batter with a high slugging percentage
- power hitters
- plural form of power hitter
- power inverter
- A device that converts direct current electricity to alternating current electricity
- power inverters
- plural form of power inverter
- power law
- Any of many mathematical relationships in which something is related to something else by an equation of the form f(x) = a.xk
- power laws
- plural form of power law
- power line
- An electrical wire, cable or conduit, suspended in air by utility poles or transmission towers, or buried underground, used for the carrying of electricity either from a power source such as a generating station to a substation, or from a substation to a building such as a plant, commercial building or a home
- power line communication
- The distribution of data and other signals via electric power distribution wires
- power line communications
- plural form of power line communication
- power lines
- plural form of power line
- power lunch
- A working lunch at which important discussions may be held, and important decisions made
- power lunches
- plural form of power lunch
- power nap
- A short sleep taken in the daytime in order to refresh a person and generally terminated before deep sleep begins so as not to leave the sleeper drowsy
- power naps
- plural form of power nap
- power of appointment
- In the law of wills, the ability of a testator to select a person who will be given the authority to dispose of certain property under the will
- power of attorney
- A legal document allowing one person to act as the agent of another
- power of termination
- Where a grantor has created a fee simple subject to condition subsequent, and the condition of the grant has come to pass, the right of the grantor to physically reclaim ownership of the land
- power pack
- A portable power supply
- power packs
- plural form of power pack
- power pill
- A tablet of the drug ecstasy
- power pills
- plural form of power pill
- power plant
- The portion of a vehicle devoted to providing energy for motion; the engine or motor
A train without the power plant is just a bunch of metal boxes on wheels.
- power plant
- A station built for the production of electric power
All of this areas power comes from the nuclear power plant across the river.
- power plants
- plural form of power plant
- power play
- In ice hockey, the situation where a team has a numerical advantage on the ice due to one or more penalties given to the opposing team
- power play
- A similar situation in other ball games such as lacrosse, indoor soccer, rugby and cricket
- power plays
- plural form of power play
- power point
- A wall socket by which electricity is provided to electrical devices
- power points
- plural form of power point
- power politics
- Politics with power
- power pop
- A genre of popular music inspired by 1960s British and American pop and rock music, with strong melodies, crisp vocal harmonies, economical arrangements, and prominent guitar riffs
- power saw
- Any of various types of saw now usually powered by electricity
- power saws
- plural form of power saw
- power set
- The set of all subsets of a set. Notation for a set S: \mathcal{P}(S) or 2S
The power set of {1, 2} is {Ø, {1}, {2}, {1, 2}}.
- power sets
- plural form of power set
- power sharing
- The sharing of power by two governments, or two political parties, especially in a disputed territory
In particular the power sharing and consensus mechanisms enshrined in the process have been designed to ensure that the politicians engage in a continuous balancing process . . .
- power slide
- The act of sliding with the wheels being driven
- power slide
- The act of sliding on one's knees, often in celebration
- power slide
- The act of pushing the skateboard sideways
- power snack
- A snack eaten to give a boost to energy levels
- power snacks
- plural form of power snack
- power source
- A source of power such as a generator or mains outlet
He would have liked to use the electric drill but there was no convenient power source.
- power sources
- plural form of power source
- power station
- an industrial complex where electricity is produced
- power stations
- plural form of power station
- power steering
- A system for reducing the driver's effort to steer, by using a power source to assist in turning the wheels
- power suit
- A suit stereotypically associated with the 1980s, characterized by sharp cuts, wide shoulder pads, and a stiff rigidity
- power suit
- A powered exoskeleton
The crew chief was wearing a bulky exoskeleton power suit that enabled her to manipulate components weighing over a tonne.
- power supplies
- plural form of power supply
- power supply
- A source of power such as the mains or a generator
- power supply
- That part of a piece of electronic apparatus that provides appropriate voltages for the rest of the electronics from the connected AC source
- power surge
- an unexpected and uncontrolled increase in the output power of an engine or motor
The pilot quickly recovered from the power surge cause by the faulty fuel system.
- power surge
- an unexpected, temporary, uncontrolled increase in current or voltage in an electrical circuit; a voltage spike
- power surges
- plural form of power surge
- power tap
- A multi-socket plug that can be used to channel electricity from a single socket
- power taps
- plural form of power tap
- power tool
- A tool powered by a motor
- power tools
- plural form of power tool
- power toothbrush
- A toothbrush that's bristles run on electric power
- power toothbrushes
- plural form of power toothbrush
- power trains
- plural form of power train
- power trip
- Any activity which confers a sense of power on the person involved
- power trip
- The excitement that results from such an activity
- power trips
- plural form of power trip
- power up
- To turn the electrical power on to a device as a precondition to make it operational
Every morning he powered up his electronic devices, even before making coffee.
- power up
- To become ready for operation as a result of the provision of electrical power
The office systems power up automatically at 7:30am on workdays.
- power user
- A computer user who seeks and uses products having the most features and the fastest performance
- power user
- A user of a personal computer who can utilize advanced and complex functions and programs which are outside the reach of normal users
- power users
- plural form of power user
- power walk
- To walk very fast for exercise
- power walked
- Simple past tense and past participle of power walk
- power walking
- Present participle of power walk
- power walks
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of power walk
- power wall
- Behind retail sales counters in jurisdictions where tobacco advertising has been banned or heavily restricted, a prominent, enticing display of tobacco products
When you go into your local convenience or grocery store after May 31, 2008, you'll notice the power wall displays of tobacco products behind the counter are gone.
- power wall
- In retail selling, a large, visually appealing display of products intended to attract the interest of customers
The new layout features a room solutions orientation, navigational signage, lower-profile fixtures and power walls for key categories like towels.
- power walls
- plural form of power wall
- power word
- A word that often evokes an emotional response, positive or negative, in the target audience, leading to a desired outcome
- power words
- plural form of power word
- power-associative algebra
- An algebra such that every subalgebra generated by one element is associative
- power-broker
- Alternative spelling of power broker
- power-line
- Alternative form of power line
- power-line communication
- Alternative spelling of power line communication
- power-line communications
- plural form of power-line communication
- power-trip
- To engage in a power trip
- power-tripping
- The practice of engaging in power trips
- power-up
- A special item which, when obtained, provides the player with some asset that is necessary for or makes easier the process of beating the game
- power-walk
- To walk very fast for exercise
- power
- Power tools are operated by electricity. large power tools, such as chainsaws. a power drill. hand
- power analysis
- In cryptography, a form of side channel attack in which the attacker studies the power consumption of a cryptographic hardware device (such as a smart card, tamper-resistant "black box", or integrated circuit). The attack can non-invasively extract cryptographic keys and other secret information from the device
- power
- {n} command, government, influence, reach, stength, ability, a host, a potentate
- power broker
- A person who exerts strong political or economic influence, especially by virtue of the individuals and votes he or she controls
- power cut
- A power outage (also known as power cut, power failure or power loss) is the loss of the electricity supply to an area
- power loss
- A power outage (also known as power cut, power failure or power loss) is the loss of the electricity supply to an area
- power outage
- A power outage (also known as power cut, power failure or power loss) is the loss of the electricity supply to an area
- power trip
- An action undertaken chiefly for the gratification associated with the exercise of power over another or others
He was giving orders, and people were taking them. He was on a power trip (Nelson DeMille).
- power-operated
- Operated by power from an inanimate source
