Power - Definition and Overview

The concept of power occurs in multiple areas.

Physics

• Power (physics) is the amount of work done per unit of time.
• Electric power

Social

• Power (sociology)
• Political power
• Reserve power
• Power (international), the ability of national states to influence or control other states or regions

Economics

• Economic powers

Mathematics

• Exponentiation, for example 2³ is "two to the power of three"
• Statistical power

Other

• IBM POWER, Performance Optimization With Enhanced RISC, an IBM microprocessor architecture
• Power, a 1986 album by Kansas
• The Power, a 1956 novel by Frank M. Robinson, made into a 1968 film
• Power, a 1986 movie
• Powers - a comic book series by Brian Michael Bendis and Mike Avon Oeming
• Gary Powers (1929 – 1977), USAF pilot
• Superpowers, special abilites of super-humans, aliens etc.
• Austin Powers, played by Mike Myers, is the title character of a series of films.