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Power

Power (philosophy)|Power refers broadly to any ability to cause|effect change or exert control over people

Other uses

Social sciences

- Power (philosophy)
- Political power, power held by a person or group in a country's political system, such as
    - Executive (government)|Executive power
    - Judiciary|Judicial power
    - Legislature|Legislative power
- Power in international relations refers to the ability of national states to influence or control other states; states themselves may be referred to as ''powers'', and may be further distinguished as: historical powers, Middle power|middle powers, Regional power|regional powers, Great power|great powers, Superpower|superpowers, or Hyperpower|hyperpowers
- Economic power, multiple meanings
- Power (communication), power in interpersonal communication

Science

- Power (physics), the amount of work done or energy transferred per unit of time.
    - Human power is the amount of work a human does in a period of time.
    - Motive power is power which moves something.
    - AC power in electrical engineering is the complex form of power
    - Optical power of a lens is the inverse of its focal length
    - Effective radiated power in radio telecommunications is a measure of radio station antennas
    - Electric power generation is the process of converting any form of energy to electrical energy, as in:
    - * power station
    - * nuclear power
    - * solar power
    - * wind power
    - * wave power
    - * tidal power
    - * geothermal power
    - * hydropower

Mathematics

- Power of a number, commonly written in the form e.g. ''x''^''n'': see exponentiation
- Statistical power is the probability that a statistical test will reject a false null hypothesis

Religion/metaphysics

- The Will to Power|Will to power, a prominent concept in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche
- Higher power, a spirituality|spiritual concept prevalent in twelve-step program|twelve-step programs
- a rank in angelology, see Celestial Hierarchy
- The Five Powers, in Buddhism

Commercial/industrial

- IBM POWER, a microprocessor architecture
- POW-R Consortium, a group of companies responsible for an audio codec standard

Film

- Power (film)|''Power'', a 1986 movie
- The Power (film)|''The Power'', a 1968 film based on the novel

Music

- Power ballad, a song genre
- Power metal, a subgenre of heavy metal music
- Power noise, a subgenre of industrial music
- "Pow R. Toc H.", a track by Pink Floyd
- Power (album)|''Power'', a 1986 album by the band Kansas
- Power (Ice-T album)|''Power'', a 1988 album by rapper Ice-T
- Power (SSD album)|''Power'', a 1993 compilation album by the punk band SSD (band)|SSD
- Power (Q and Not U album)|''Power'', a 2004 album by post-hardcore band Q and Not U
- The Power (Vanessa Amorosi album)|''The Power'', a 1999 Australian album by Vanessa Amorosi
- Power (song)|"Power", a song by German group Helloween
- Power (Lipps Inc song)|"Power", a song by disco group Lipps Inc
- Power (Temptations song)|"Power", a song by group Temptations
- Power (Rainbow song)|"Power", a song performed by Rainbow (band)|Rainbow, written by lead singer Joe Lynn Turner
- The Power (Snap! song)|"The Power", a 1990 electronic pop song by Snap!
- "The Power", a song by Manowar from the album Louder Than Hell
- Raw Power (disambiguation)

Literature

- The Power (novel)|''The Power'', a 1956 novel by Frank M. Robinson
- ''Power: A New Social Analysis'', a 1938 work by Bertrand Russell
- ''The Power of Five'', a series of five books written by Anthony Horowitz
- Power (2004 novel)|''Power'', a 2004 fantasy novel written by J. A. Stiehl
- Power (play)|''Power'', a play written by Nick Dear
- ''The 48 Laws of Power'', a 1998 work by Robert Greene
- ''Power!!'', a manga album originally published in Japan now called ''Girl Got Game''
- ''Powers (comics)'', a comic book series

Sports

- Power alley, the distance to the left-center and/or right-center field wall(s) in a baseball park
- The Power may refer to:
- Port Adelaide Football Club
- Phil Taylor, 13-time PDC World Darts Champion