Power

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Power

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1. (symbol P). Rate of doing work. </dd>
2. Luminous intensity. </dd>
3. The number of times an object is magnified by an optical system, such as a telescope. Usually called magnifying power. </dd>
4. The result of multiplying a number by itself a given number of times, as the third power of a number is its cube ; the superscript which indicates this process as in 2³ = 2 X 2 X 2. [[/a>|/a> ]]

References

This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use