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Power pooling is a mechanism for interchange of power between two or more utilities that provide or generate electricity on the same electrical grid.
Power_pool
Regional transmission organization in Central US
Southwest Power Pool (SPP) is a regional transmission organization that manages the electric grid and wholesale power market for much of the central United
Southwest_Power_Pool
The Western Power Pool (WPP), formerly Northwest Power Pool (NWPP), is a group of electric utilities in western Canada and the Western United States that
Western_Power_Pool
Cooperative of the national electricity companies in Southern Africa
The Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) is a cooperation of the national electricity companies in Southern Africa under the auspices of the Southern African
Southern_African_Power_Pool
Cooperation of national electricity companies in Western Africa
The West African Power Pool (WAPP) is a cooperation of the national electricity companies in Western Africa under the auspices of the Economic Community
West_African_Power_Pool
International electricity grid collobration
The Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP), is a collaborative effort by eleven countries in Eastern Africa to interconnect their electricity grids and take
Eastern_Africa_Power_Pool
The Pool Energetique De L'Afrique Centrale (PEAC), also Central African Power Pool, is an association of ten Central African countries. The major aim of
Central_African_Power_Pool
Series of electrical grids that power the US and Canada
(MRO) Northeast Power Coordinating Council (NPCC) ReliabilityFirst Corporation (RFC) SERC Reliability Corporation (SERC) Southwest Power Pool (SPP) Western
North American power transmission grid
North_American_power_transmission_grid
more countries joined the pool: (a) Tanzania (b) Libya (c) Djibouti and (d) Uganda. The objective of the Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP) is to increase the
Energy_in_Kenya
Country in Central Africa
of three electrical power pools. These are Southern African Power Pool, East African Power Pool, and Central African Power Pool. Because of abundant
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo
l'Electricité (COMELEC), also Maghreb Electricity Committee and North African Power Pool, is an association of five North African countries belonging to the Arab
North_African_Power_Pool
Southernmost region of Africa
transportation. The countries in this region also belong to the Southern Africa Power Pool, which facilitates the development of a competitive electricity market
Southern_Africa
Man-made lake in Kentucky, United States
hydroelectric power. Its shoreline measures 1,255 miles (2,020 km) and the lake covers 65,530 acres (265 km2) at the maximum power pool elevation. The
Lake_Cumberland
Electricity distribution company of Nigeria
the government of Nigeria. It represented Nigeria in the West African Power Pool. During the era when it operated as NEPA, the company managed a football
Power Holding Company of Nigeria
Power_Holding_Company_of_Nigeria
Pan-European electric power exchange
59.91528°N 10.63833°E / 59.91528; 10.63833 Nord Pool AS is a pan-European power exchange. Nord Pool has its main office in Oslo and further offices in
Nord_Pool
Major electric grid coordinator in the northeastern US
Power & Light Company formed a power pool called the Pennsylvania-New Jersey Interconnection. The purpose of the power pool was to dispatch electric generating
PJM_Interconnection
Zambian national electricity company
consumption. Additionally, ZESCO represents Zambia in the Southern African Power Pool. ZESCO was formed as Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation Limited by
ZESCO
Topics referred to by the same term
mean: Sabah Progressive Party Sodium acid pyrophosphate Southern African Power Pool Sapp This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title
SAPP
2004 video game
English, German and French servers. In the game, players created super-powered player characters that could team up with others to complete missions and
City_of_Heroes
Power generation via movement of water
declined until the 1995 formation of the Southern African Power Pool created a multi-national power grid and plant maintenance program. States with an abundance
Hydropower
Major electricity blackout
lines could not maintain their existing loads for long and asked New York Power Pool (NYPP) operators in Guilderland to reduce transmission on the overloaded
New York City blackout of 1977
New_York_City_blackout_of_1977
Oversees the operation of New England's bulk electric power system
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, as a replacement for the New England Power Pool (NEPOOL), which was created in 1971. The ISO-NE grid does not extend to
ISO_New_England
Open-air swimming pool in Moscow, 1958-1994
The Moskva Pool (Moscow Pool) was, for a time, the world's largest open air swimming pool, built in Moscow on the site of the demolished Cathedral of Christ
Moskva_Pool
Server operating system
standing for integrated, is an operating system developed by IBM for IBM Power Systems. It was originally released in 1988 as OS/400, as the sole operating
IBM_i
(electricity) SPP—Southwest Power Pool Inc., a regional transmission organization (US) —Statewide Pricing Pilot (US-California) —Small power producer (electricity)
List_of_energy_abbreviations
System for trading electrical energy
Southwest – Southwest Power Pool, Inc Vietnam – Vietnam wholesale electricity market (VWEM). Operated by EVN An electric power exchange is a commodities
Electricity_market
represents Burkina Faso in the West African Power Pool. SONABEL headquarters in Ouagadougou The fuel powered power plant Ouaga I, in the quarter of Paspanga
Société Nationale d'électricité du Burkina Faso
Société_Nationale_d'électricité_du_Burkina_Faso
Dam in Nevada and Arizona, US
in 2017 had water restrictions not been enforced. To lower the minimum power pool elevation from 1,050 to 950 feet (320 to 290 m), five wide-head turbines
Hoover_Dam
Type of nuclear reactor
i.e. the pool water, is under normal pressure. This avoids the high temperatures and pressures of conventional nuclear power plants. Pool reactors are
Swimming_pool_reactor
participating in the Southern African Power Pool. In 2022, South Africa imported 10,800 GWh from the Cahora Bassa Hydroelectric Power Station in Mozambique via the
List of power stations in South Africa
List_of_power_stations_in_South_Africa
administers the Power Pool, which is the only market for all electricity sales and purchases in the province. The highest price in the Power Pool in the two
Electricity_policy_of_Alberta
Electricity transmission network in India
interconnection between Myanmar and Thailand would facilitate the creation of a power pool and enable trading among all BIMSTEC nations. India began utilizing grid
National_Grid_(India)
Season of television series
Will & Woody as sideline commentators. Power round - instead of the power tower, this season has the power pool. The top 4 from each round fend off in
Australian Ninja Warrior season 6
Australian_Ninja_Warrior_season_6
Electrical utility in Canada
McNeill HVDC Back-to-back station. In 2022, SaskPower signed an agreement with Southwest Power Pool to increase transmission capacity between Saskatchewan
SaskPower
Man-made reservoir in Arkansas, United States
Conservation Pool Shoreline: 70 mi (110 km) Power Pool Storage: 202,100 ac·ft (0.2493 km3) Max. Power Pool Elevation: 548 ft (167 m) Max. Power Pool Shoreline:
Lake_Greeson
Electric utility company in Nigeria
Federal Capital Territory in Abuja. It is a member of the West African Power Pool, an agency committed to improving energy flow across ECOWAS member states
Transmission Company of Nigeria
Transmission_Company_of_Nigeria
hydroelectric power. The DRC a member of three electrical power pools: SAPP (Southern African Power Pool), EAPP (East African Power Pool), and CAPP (Central
Energy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Energy_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo
first in energy potential of all the countries in the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP), with an estimated energy capacity of 187,000 MW. Available energy
Energy_in_Mozambique
American utilities provider
became a major pooled energy power distributor with its future Ameren mate, Union Electric Company. The arrangement formed the Midwest Power Pool system. The
Ameren
American energy company
anti-competitive behavior. By joining MISO rather than the Southwest Power Pool, Entergy's service areas have limited interconnection to the remainder
Entergy
Class of 64 American 4-6-2 locomotives
(EMD) E6 diesel locomotives. Despite this, the Ps-4s were used in motive power pool service, where they were called in to pull the mainline passenger trains
Southern_Railway_Ps-4_class
Indian multinational conglomerate
the company acquired a 4,696 MW renewable energy platform from O2 Power Pooling Pte, owned by EQT Infrastructure and Temasek, for ₹12,468 crore. The
JSW_Group
the country. BPC represents Botswana in the Southern African Power Pool. Morupule Power Station (coal-fired) in Palapye supplies 80% of domestically generated
Botswana_Power_Corporation
South African electricity public utility
(EVKOM)). Eskom represents South Africa in the Southern African Power Pool. The utility is the largest producer of electricity in Africa, and was
Eskom
American businessman and politician (born 1961)
is an officer and senior vice president at Little Rock-based Southwest Power Pool, which manages the electric grid and operates the wholesale electric market
Mike_Ross_(politician)
Regional electric energy reliability organization
operations on January 1, 2005, as the successor to the Mid-continent Area Power Pool (MAPP), which was formed in 1965. MRO is one of six regional entities
Midwest Reliability Organization
Midwest_Reliability_Organization
Electric power coordinator
traditional electricity markets: Northwest includes Western Power Pool, the Rocky Mountain Power Area, and Nevada[verification needed] within the Western
Regional transmission organization (North America)
Regional_transmission_organization_(North_America)
Malawian electricity distributor
power in the country. ESCOM represents Malawi in the Southern African Power Pool. It should not be confused with its South African equivalent Eskom. The
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi
Electricity_Supply_Corporation_of_Malawi
Topics referred to by the same term
fuel for brazing and soldering torches Mapp (surname) Mid-continent Area Power Pool, a part of the American Midwest Reliability Organization Mapp Biopharmaceutical
MAPP
Zimbabwean utility company
billion kWh. ZESA represents Zimbabwe in the Southern African Power Pool. In general the power generation capacity in Zimbabwe is too small to meet demand
Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority
Zimbabwe_Electricity_Supply_Authority
Utility agreement
planning and sharing agreement between electric utilities of the Western Power Pool. Its goals are to improve regional reliability and adequacy while decreasing
Western Resource Adequacy Program
Western_Resource_Adequacy_Program
Pooled resources for cryptocurrency mining
context of cryptocurrency mining, a mining pool is the pooling of resources by miners, who share their processing power over a network, to split the reward equally
Mining_pool
Oscillations in an electric grid
1964, when, during a trial attempt to connect the Northwest Power Pool and Southwest Power Pool, a tie line oscillations of 0.1 Hz were observed. Wide penetration
Grid_oscillation
Dam in Oklahoma, US
primary purposes of the dam and lake are flood control and hydroelectric power production, although supply of drinking water to local communities, as well
Fort_Gibson_Dam
Storage pools for spent nuclear fuel
from nuclear power stations to generate process heat for district heating and desalination. Essentially an SFP operated as a deep swimming pool reactor; it
Spent_fuel_pool
Artificial water basin for swimming
A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, paddling pool, or simply pool, is a man-made structure designed to hold water to enable swimming and associated
Swimming_pool
join ERCOT grid system, snubs Southwest Power Pool". SNL Energy Power Daily. ProQuest 1717364637. Lubbock Power & Light. LP&L. (n.d.). Retrieved May 5
Lubbock_Power_and_Light
Power plant operation
operators. The other form of balancing resources of multiple power plants is a power pool. The balancing authorities are overseen by reliability coordinators
Power system operations and control
Power_system_operations_and_control
Topics referred to by the same term
Party, a political party in Washington state, United States West African Power Pool, a cooperation of the national electricity companies in Western Africa
WAPP
Type of vacuum cleaner for swimming pools
pool cleaner is a vacuum cleaner that is designed to collect debris and sediment from swimming pools with minimal human intervention. Swimming pool cleaners
Automated_pool_cleaner
Probabilities of winning a lottery game
W balls from a pool of P balls and lottery tickets with T balls each: Some lotteries also have one or more power balls drawn from a separate pool of balls.
Lottery_mathematics
Hydroelectric power plant in Morogoro Region, Tanzania
portal Renewable energy portal List of power stations in Tanzania Eastern Africa Power Pool Southern African Power Pool "Construction of Tanzania's $3 Billion
Julius Nyerere Hydropower Station
Julius_Nyerere_Hydropower_Station
Independent agency of the US federal government
No. 888, several such RTOs were approved. The pre-existing multi-state power pool called PJM (Pennsylvania, Jersey, Maryland), the New York Independent
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal_Energy_Regulatory_Commission
Dam in Arizona, USA
to minimum power pool by autumn, by which time power releases could begin, to prevent Lake Mead from falling below its minimum power pool. That gamble
Glen_Canyon_Dam
in the Southern African Power Pool. In the same year, South Africa imported 10,800 GWh from the Cahora Bassa Hydroelectric Power Station in Mozambique via
Electricity sector in South Africa
Electricity_sector_in_South_Africa
Coal and natural gas power plant in Washington state
to be under management of two grid operators, Gridforce and Southwest Power Pool. Because the region did not experience an energy shortage, the plant had
Centralia_Power_Plant
Energy Associates, a nonprofit consortium formed by 17 power companies of the Southwest Power Pool and European nuclear agencies. A proposal for funding
SEFOR
Light water reactor in Prague, Czech Republic
The VR-1 training reactor is a zero power pool-type light water reactor. It is located at the Czech Technical University in Prague. Its layout enables
Training_Reactor_VR-1
portal Energy in Africa List of power stations in Zimbabwe Ministry of Energy and Power Development Southern African Power Pool Zimbabwe Electricity Supply
Energy_in_Zimbabwe
Gambie (Gambia River Basin Development Organization) and West African Power Pool. The country has no known reserves. It imported an estimated 9,089 bbl/day
Energy_in_Guinea
Africa Power Pool. The other members are Sudan, Burundi, DRC, Egypt, Kenya, Libya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. The Sodo–Moyale–Suswa High Voltage Power Line
List of power stations in Ethiopia
List_of_power_stations_in_Ethiopia
President of Somalia from 2017 to 2022
largely via solar solutions, and Somalia’s accession to the Eastern Africa Power Pool. The administration launched the “Is-xilqaan” public works campaign, a
Mohamed_Abdullahi_Farmajo
(MRO) Northeast Power Coordinating Council (NPCC) ReliabilityFirst Corporation (RFC) SERC Reliability Corporation (SERC) Southwest Power Pool (SPP) Western
Electricity sector of the United States
Electricity_sector_of_the_United_States
2022 shooting of electrical substations in North Carolina, USA
Northeast Power Coordinating Council: Cross Border Regional Entity, Inc.; Reliability First Corporation; SERC Reliability Corporation; Southwest Power Pool, Inc
Electrical grid security in the United States
Electrical_grid_security_in_the_United_States
through the West African Power Pool. List of natural gas powered power stations in Ivory Coast. Partial list of hydroelectric power stations in Ivory Coast
List of power stations in Ivory Coast
List_of_power_stations_in_Ivory_Coast
Regional electrical grid
the pooling of resources. Also, they can level out the load, which reduces the required generating capacity, allow more environmentally-friendly power to
Wide_area_synchronous_grid
Tabletop role-playing game system
type of effects permitted, relative power levels, and the like. Each player creates their character starting with a pool of points to buy abilities (such
Hero_System
Topics referred to by the same term
Sabah Progressive Party, SAPP, in Malaysian politics Southern African Power Pool, SAPP Sapp (instrument), a traditional musical instrument of Punjab Disodium
Sapp
Reservoir on the Georgia/South Carolina border, United States
channel; and a powerhouse on the South Carolina side of the river. Full-power pool was designed to be 660 feet (200 m) above mean sea level. At this elevation
Lake_Hartwell
Djibouti and has future contracts for power sales to Tanzania, Rwanda, South Sudan and Yemen. The Eastern African Power Pool will expand transmission lines to
Renewable_energy_in_Ethiopia
Public electric utility in Nebraska, US
OPPD joined the newly created Southwest Power Pool. In December 2019, the board of the Omaha Public Power District voted to commit to net-zero emissions
Omaha_Public_Power_District
Dam
to rural communities, as it will be connected to the Southern African Power Pool. The dam could also cause the river to back up to within 650 metres of
Batoka Gorge Hydroelectric Power Station
Batoka_Gorge_Hydroelectric_Power_Station
Dam in Fresno / Madera counties, California
founded the Mammoth Power Company with the goal of harnessing hydroelectric power from the upper San Joaquin River. The Mammoth Pool site, where the San
Mammoth_Pool_Dam
Thermal power station in Mozambique
where possible sell any excess to the Southern Africa Power Pool. It is expected that when this power station comes online in 2022, a portion of the energy
Temane_Thermal_Power_Station
head of NEPO, designed a plan which would closely replicate the English power pool, break EGAT up into several smaller companies, and privatise the smaller
Energy_in_Thailand
Electricity from wind in one U.S. state
regional transmission system." It is a priority project of the Southwest Power Pool. The Mark Twain Transmission Project was proposed by Ameren to connect
Wind_power_in_Missouri
1998 video game
pool (pocket billiards). It is part of the "Virtual Pool" game franchise, which also includes the PC games Virtual Pool, Virtual Pool 2, Virtual Pool
Virtual_Pool_64
Nigerian politician (1948–2022)
Cement Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, as well as West African Power Pool Executive Board. Makoju recently retired as the Group Managing Director/
Joseph_Makoju
Canadian Legislative Assembly
effective January 1, 1996, which created Power Pool of Alberta, a wholesale market clearing entity. The Power Pool was a not for profit entity that operated
23rd_Alberta_Legislature
Thermal power station where the heat source is a nuclear reactor
nuclear power plant (NPP), also known as a nuclear power station (NPS), nuclear generating station (NGS) or atomic power station (APS) is a thermal power station
Nuclear_power_plant
1933 short story by Robert E. Howard
while encountering a remote island with a mysterious pool which has the power of transmutation. "The Pool of the Black One", which appeared in Weird Tales
The_Pool_of_the_Black_One
City in Equatoria, South Sudan
2017; Uganda had pledged to supply power to two South Sudanese border towns as part of the Eastern Africa Power Pool agreement; that calls on all member
Nimule
Massachusetts-Vermont Energy Control 1971 - Member of New England Power Pool 1972 - Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station starts operation (under construction since 1967)
Boston_Edison_Company
Group of reservoirs and facilities in California
the Diversion Pool reservoir, the Thermalito Diversion dam can either divert water west-ward into the Thermalito Power Canal for power generation at Thermalito
Oroville–Thermalito_Complex
Town in New York, United States
Farmhouse No. 2 Guilderland was home to the New York Power Pool and its control center after the Power Pool's formation in 1966 in response to the 1965 blackout
Guilderland,_New_York
Hydropower station in Angola
used in Angola and for export to the countries in the Southern African Power Pool. Construction is expected to last at least 80 months. In October 2019
Caculo Cabaça Hydroelectric Power Station
Caculo_Cabaça_Hydroelectric_Power_Station
Electric utility company that serves customers in the US states of Oklahoma and Arkansas
spanning 30,000 square miles (78,000 km2). OG&E is a member of the Southwest Power Pool, a regional transmission operator spanning the Midwest from Texas to North
Oklahoma_Gas_&_Electric
hard by massive shortages of power, since the region works to share its power resources through the Southern African Power Pool, with most of its capacity
Economy_of_Botswana
the Wayback Machine, North-South Corridor[dead link] and West Africa Power Pool Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine. ICA also supports the African
Infrastructure Consortium for Africa
Infrastructure_Consortium_for_Africa
Category 3 winter storm and ice storm in the United States
strain on the power grid and prevent widespread, long-duration blackouts. The controlled outages were initiated after the Southwest Power Pool declared Level
February 13–17, 2021 North American winter storm
February_13–17,_2021_North_American_winter_storm
POWER POOL
POWER POOL
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived near a tower, usually a defensive fortification or watchtower, from Middle English, Old French tūr (Latin turris).English : occupational name for someone who dressed white leather, cured with alum rather than tanned with bark, from an agent derivative of Middle English taw(en) (Old English tawian ‘to prepare, make ready’).English : Americanized spelling of German Tauer.
Surname or Lastname
Irish (Leinster and Munster) and English (of Norman origin)
Irish (Leinster and Munster) and English (of Norman origin) : habitational name for someone from Pois, a place in Picardy (said to have been named with Old French pois ‘fish’ because of its well-stocked river), from Old French Pohier ‘native of Pois’.English : nickname for a poor man, or ironically for a miser, from Middle English, Old French povre, poure ‘poor’ (Latin pauper). Woulfe gives this also as the meaning of the Norman Irish name, which in early records is found as le Poer, believing it to be a nickname for someone who has taken a vow of poverty.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a baker, doghere, from an agent derivative of Middle English dogh ‘dough’.Probably an Americanized spelling of German Dauer.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Power
Boy/Male
Australian, Danish, Swedish
Strong Power; Hardy Power
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : regional name for someone from the district north of Paris known in Old French as Gohiere.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of the various places in northern France called Gouy (from the Gallo-Roman personal name Gaudius + the locative suffix -acum), with the addition of the Anglo-Norman French suffix -er.English : from a Norman personal name, Go(h)ier, cognate with the Old English name mentioned at Gooder.Welsh : from the peninsula in southern Wales, of which the Welsh name is Gŵyr.Probably an Americanized spelling of German Gauer.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a vain or proud man, from Middle English po ‘peacock’. Compare Peacock.Welsh : variant of Pugh.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Power
Boy/Male
Welsh Shakespearean
Pure.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Power
Surname or Lastname
Scottish
Scottish : occupational name for a bow maker, Older Scots bowar, equivalent to English Bowyer.English and Scottish : from Middle English bur, bour ‘bower’, ‘cottage’, ‘inner room’ (Old English būr), hence a topographic name for someone who lived in a small cottage, an occupational name for a house servant who attended his master in his private quarters (see Bowerman), or a habitational name from any of various places, for example in Essex, named Bower or Bowers from this word.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : occupational name denoting a servant who carried the ewer to guests at table so that they could wash their hands, Anglo-Norman French and Middle English ewerer (related to ewere ‘jug’), with the French definite article l’.Cornish : variant of Flower 4.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Powell.North German : from a form of the personal name Paul.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : habitational name for someone from Posa or Poserna, south of Merseburg, or a variant of Pose (see Posey).English : variant of Peiser.
Boy/Male
British, English
Surname Related to Paul; Small
Boy/Male
Tamil
Power
Surname or Lastname
English (East Anglia, chiefly Norfolk)
English (East Anglia, chiefly Norfolk) : occupational name for someone who mowed pasture lands to provide hay, from an agent derivative of Middle English mow(en) ‘mow’ (Old English mÄwen).Welsh : nickname from mawr ‘big’ (see Moore 6).German (Möwer) : nickname from an agent derivative of Middle High German mÅven ‘to torment, trouble, or burden’.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Logenthiran | லோகேநà¯à®¤à¯€à®°à®£
Power
Logenthiran | லோகேநà¯à®¤à¯€à®°à®£
Boy/Male
Hindu
Power
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Power.
POWER POOL
POWER POOL
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Indian
Gold Body
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Tamil
God Shiva
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Settled; Directed
Girl/Female
Muslim
Good at many things
Girl/Female
Tamil
Thanusha | தாநà¯à®‚ஷா Â
Boy/Male
Tamil
Heart
Boy/Male
Assamese, Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Wealth
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Christian, English
From the North Forest
Female
Egyptian
, the power of light or heat.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Universe
POWER POOL
POWER POOL
POWER POOL
POWER POOL
POWER POOL
a.
To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down; as, to lower a bucket into a well; to lower a sail or a boat; sometimes, to pull down; as, to lower a flag.
n.
The rate at which mechanical energy is exerted or mechanical work performed, as by an engine or other machine, or an animal, working continuously; as, an engine of twenty horse power.
n.
Hence, vested authority to act in a given case; as, the business was referred to a committee with power.
n.
A machine acted upon by an animal, and serving as a motor to drive other machinery; as, a dog power.
v. t.
To sprinkle with powder, or as with powder; to be sprinkle; as, to powder the hair.
n.
Ability, regarded as put forth or exerted; strength, force, or energy in action; as, the power of steam in moving an engine; the power of truth, or of argument, in producing conviction; the power of enthusiasm.
a.
To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of; as, to lower the temperature of anything; to lower one's vitality; to lower distilled liquors.
a.
To bring down; to humble; as, to lower one's pride.
v. i.
To be reduced to powder; to become like powder; as, some salts powder easily.
n.
Capacity of undergoing or suffering; fitness to be acted upon; susceptibility; -- called also passive power; as, great power of endurance.
n.
Applied force; force producing motion or pressure; as, the power applied at one and of a lever to lift a weight at the other end.
n.
Ability to act, regarded as latent or inherent; the faculty of doing or performing something; capacity for action or performance; capability of producing an effect, whether physical or moral: potency; might; as, a man of great power; the power of capillary attraction; money gives power.
n.
A mechanical agent; that from which useful mechanical energy is derived; as, water power; steam power; hand power, etc.
a.
To reduce the height of; as, to lower a fence or wall; to lower a chimney or turret.
n.
The product arising from the multiplication of a number into itself; as, a square is the second power, and a cube is third power, of a number.
n.
Mental or moral ability to act; one of the faculties which are possessed by the mind or soul; as, the power of thinking, reasoning, judging, willing, fearing, hoping, etc.
n.
A large quantity; a great number; as, a power o/ good things.
n.
The agent exercising an ability to act; an individual invested with authority; an institution, or government, which exercises control; as, the great powers of Europe; hence, often, a superhuman agent; a spirit; a divinity.