power

Signification

1. The ability to do or undergo something.
2. The ability to coerce, influence, or control.
3. The ability to coerce, influence, or control.
4. The ability to coerce, influence, or control.
5. The ability to coerce, influence, or control.
6. The ability to coerce, influence, or control.
7. The ability to coerce, influence, or control.
8. Effectiveness.
9. Effectiveness.
10. Effectiveness.
11. Effectiveness.
12. Effectiveness.
13. (colloquial) A large amount or number.
14. Any of the elementary forms or parts of machines: three primary (the lever, inclined plane, and pulley) and three secondary (the wheel-and-axle, wedge, and screw).
15. A tractor.
16. 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.
17. A product of equal factors (and generalizations of this notion): xⁿ, read as "x to the power of n" or the like, is called a power and denotes the product x×x×⋯×x, where x appears n times in the product; x is called the base and n the exponent.
18. Cardinality.
19. The probability that a statistical test will reject the null hypothesis when the alternative hypothesis is true.
20. In Christian angelology, an intermediate level of angels, ranked above archangels, but exact position varies by classification scheme.

Fréquence

Coupé comme

pow‧er

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈpaʊ̯ə̯/

Étymologie

From Middle English power, poer, from Old French poeir, from Vulgar Latin potēre, from Latin posse, whence English potent. Compare French pouvoir. Displaced the native Old English anweald.