the ability to compel others to obey. Power refers to an authority or influence over others which, in an organizational context, may be derived from the holder's rank or status, or from their personality. According to Max Weber, power refers to the probability of imposing your own will despite resistance. It is closely linked to, but not the same as, leadership, authority, and responsibility. Organizational power is linked to organization structure and is an inherent part of any hierarchy or bureaucracy.
Wiktionary Definition for: Power
Physical force or strength.
Control and influence over another entity and its actions.
Ex: ''He exerted his '''power''' upon his subordinates to obtain illicit, personal satisfaction.''
Ex: ''The party has won '''power''' thanks to the influence of its charismatic leader.''
physics A measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy.
physics A rate to magnify an optical image by a lens or mirror.
(''Biblical tradition'') in Christian angelology, the fourth level of angels, ranked above archangels and below principality principalities
mathematics A product of equal factors. Notation and usage: ''x''''n'', read as "''x'' to the power of n " or "''x'' to the n th 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.
Electricity supply.
A nation having a strong military and/or economy.
settheory Cardinality.
transitive To provide power for (a mechanical or electronic device).
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CAMARILLO, Calif. -- Power-One, Inc. (Nasdaq:PWER) today announced that it is to be included in Lucent Technologies' Expanded Network Power Solution. As part of the multivendor network power solution, Power-One will further address customer needs while expanding and improving current power services capabilities.
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine -- Power-on-Demand Delivers Fully Populated and Tested Power Supplies within Seven Days; Another Capability of Fairchild's Global Power ResourceTM
This study provides an overview of coal-fired power generation options. The deployment of coal power plants largely depends on their competitiveness compared to gas-fired power, nuclear power, etc. There are roughly four types of coal-fired power plants. Probably, most coal-fired power plants to be built within the next decades will...
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Power quality is an issue that all serious computer users should be concerned with. The world is becoming more dependent on computers than ever before. The Internet is changing everything in ways that could not have been imagined just a few years ago. The purpose of the Power Primer is...
Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. NGP (TSX VENTURE: NGP)(OTCBB: NGLPF) announced today that it has signed a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement PPA with Nevada Power Company, a subsidiary of Sierra Pacific Resources, for up to 35 MW of geothermal power to be produced from a new geothermal power plant to be...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 6, 1995--Insignia Solutions (NASDAQ:INSGY) and Power Computing have signed a bundling agreement under which Power Computing will include a fully functional trial version of Insignia Solutions' SoftWindows 2.0 for Power Macintosh on every new Power Computing system.
HOUSTON--BUSINESS WIRE--April 6, 1999--Today Compaq added the Compaq R6000 Uninterruptible Power System to its UPS product line. Compaq UPS products ensure data availability for Compaq servers and storage devices by providing power continuity in the event of a power outage and regulate utility power to guard against power spikes, sags,...
Alpena's old process was time-intensive, laborious, and costly. All monitoring was done manually thermal demand was roughly estimated while power quality and loading went unmeasured. Guesswork meant replacing equipment before it was necessary. Power Measurement installed power metering in all 22 substations, using energy management software and intelligent ION meters....
NEW YORK -- (This is an amended version of a press release issued earlier today and contains a corrected short-term rating of 'F1+' for Georgia Power.)
The Electric Drive and Power Conversion Division EDPCD of Ballard Power Systems and Ford Power Products FPP recently demonstrated a 114 kVA hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engine driven generator set.
Active Power designs, manufactures and markets battery-free backup power products that provide the consistent, reliable electric power required by today's digital economy. An ISO 9001-registered company, Active Power is the first to commercialize a flywheel energy storage system that provides a highly reliable, low cost and non-toxic replacement for lead-acid...
MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. -- Magnetek, Inc. (NYSE:MAG) today completed the sale of its Power Electronics Group PEG, which manufactures embedded power supplies, to Power-One, Inc. The transaction, which satisfied all applicable regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions, included payment by Power-One to Magnetek of net $68 million in cash...
Ford Power Products and Ballard Power Systems' Electric Drives and Power Conversion Division have signed a joint development agreement to develop commercial power generation products. Ballard and Ford Power Products will develop products driven by spark-ignited engines for the generator market, as well as a variety of mobile equipment applications.
While AGCO Corp. may be more synonymous with tractors sold under the AGCO, Massey Ferguson and Challenger brands, it has recently branched into the stationary power market with a new line of AGCO power units. The new power units are available in seven power nodes, utilizing AGCO's SisuDiesel engine range...
Power supply maker Power-One Inc., Camarillo, Calif., has acquired HC Power Inc., an Irvine, Calif., supplier of power systems for telecommunications and Internet service-providers and OEMs. The stock-for-stock deal in which Power-One issued about 2.1 million shares of its common stock was valued around $103 million at closing Feb. 29....
Within the electric utility industry, diesels serve as prime power, standby power and emergency power applications, ranging from 8 kW generators to 4000 kW power units. Diesel generators serve as backup power to nuclear power plants because of their reliability. They are used to power critical systems and maintain plant...
AUSTIN, Texas -- With the introduction of the CS5464 and CS5467 from Cirrus Logic Inc. (Nasdaq:CRUS), manufacturers of residential power meters can implement more reliable, lower-cost and higher-accuracy power meters for measuring consumer power usage.
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