power
rate at which energy is transferred, used, or transformed
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Summary
power ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,622 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: scalar quantity[2], physical quantity[3], power quantity[4], process profile[5]
- Commons category: Power (physics)[6]
- Said to be the same as: workload[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Power (physics)[8]
- Described at URL: https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Conceptual_Physics/Introduction_to_Physics_(Park)/03%3A_Unit_2-Mechanics_II-_Energy_and_Momentum_Oscillations_and_Waves_Rotation_and_Fluids/03%3A_Work_and_Energy/3.07%3A_Power[9]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[10], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[12]
- Has characteristic: rate[13]
- Main Wikidata property: P2791[14]
- Equivalent class: https://www.commoncoreontologies.org/ont00000503[15], https://cwrusdle.bitbucket.io/mds/Power[16]
- Different from: Power[17], energy[18]
- Uses: energy source[19]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[21]
- Recommended unit of measurement: watt[22]
- P14541: 2taJUn[23], 15iQ4K[24]
- P14870: ont00000503[25]
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Influence
Things named for power include Night of Power[26], an event[27], founded in 0631[28], written by God in Islam[29].
Why It Matters
power has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] power is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]
Entities named for power include Night of Power[26], an event[27], founded in 0631[28], written by God in Islam[29].