the activity of managing or exerting control over something | possession of controlling influence |
(physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc | physical strength |
a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine | possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done |
power to direct or determine | a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself |
discipline in personal and social activities | a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world |
great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity | one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority |
a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment | a very wealthy or powerful businessman |
the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc. | (physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second) |
a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance | energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor |
a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another | (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power |
the state that exists when one person or group has power over another | |