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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Accumulation \Ac*cu`mu*la"tion\, n. [L. accumulatio; cf. F.
accumulation.]
1. The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated,
or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of
earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of honors.
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2. (Law) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
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Accumulation of energy or power, the storing of energy by
means of weights lifted or masses put in motion;
electricity stored.

An accumulation of degrees (Eng. Univ.), the taking of
several together, or at smaller intervals than usual or
than is allowed by the rules.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Power \Pow"er\, n. (Zool.)
Same as Poor, the fish.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Power \Pow"er\, n. [OE. pouer, poer, OF. poeir, pooir, F.
pouvoir, n. & v., fr. LL. potere, for L. posse, potesse, to
be able, to have power. See Possible, Potent, and cf.
Posse comitatus.]
1. 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. "One next himself in power, and next in
crime." --Milton.
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2. 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. "The power
of fancy." --Shak.
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3. Capacity of undergoing or suffering; fitness to be acted
upon; susceptibility; -- called also passive power; as,
great power of endurance.
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Power, then, is active and passive; faculty is
active power or capacity; capacity is passive power.
--Sir W.
Hamilton.
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4. The exercise of a faculty; the employment of strength; the
exercise of any kind of control; influence; dominion;
sway; command; government.
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Power is no blessing in itself but when it is
employed to protect the innocent. --Swift.
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5. 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.
"The powers of darkness." --Milton.
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And the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.
--Matt. xxiv.
29.
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6. A military or naval force; an army or navy; a great host.
--Spenser.
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Never such a power . . .
Was levied in the body of a land. --Shak.
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7. A large quantity; a great number; as, a power o? good
things. [Colloq.] --Richardson.
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8. (Mech.)
(a) 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.
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Note: The English unit of power used most commonly is the
horse power. See Horse power.
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(b) A mechanical agent; that from which useful mechanical
energy is derived; as, water power; steam power; hand
power, etc.
(c) 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.
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Note: This use in mechanics, of power as a synonym for force,
is improper and is becoming obsolete.
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(d) A machine acted upon by an animal, and serving as a
motor to drive other machinery; as, a dog power.
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Note: Power is used adjectively, denoting, driven, or adapted
to be driven, by machinery, and not actuated directly
by the hand or foot; as, a power lathe; a power loom; a
power press.
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9. (Math.) 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.
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10. (Metaph.) 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. --I. Watts.
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The guiltiness of my mind, the sudden surprise of
my powers, drove the grossness . . . into a
received belief. --Shak.
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11. (Optics) The degree to which a lens, mirror, or any
optical instrument, magnifies; in the telescope, and
usually in the microscope, the number of times it
multiplies, or augments, the apparent diameter of an
object; sometimes, in microscopes, the number of times it
multiplies the apparent surface.
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12. (Law) An authority enabling a person to dispose of an
interest vested either in himself or in another person;
ownership by appointment. --Wharton.
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13. Hence, vested authority to act in a given case; as, the
business was referred to a committee with power.
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Note: Power may be predicated of inanimate agents, like the
winds and waves, electricity and magnetism,
gravitation, etc., or of animal and intelligent beings;
and when predicated of these beings, it may indicate
physical, mental, or moral ability or capacity.
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Mechanical powers. See under Mechanical.

Power loom, or Power press. See Def. 8
(d), note.

Power of attorney. See under Attorney.

Power of a point (relative to a given curve) (Geom.), the
result of substituting the coordinates of any point in
that expression which being put equal to zero forms the
equation of the curve; as, x^2 + y^2 - 100 is the
power of the point x, y, relative to the circle x^2 +
y^2 - 100 = 0.
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WordNet Power
n 1: possession of controlling influence; "the deterrent power of
nuclear weapons"; "the power of his love saved her";
"his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade"
[syn: powerfulness] [ant: powerlessness, powerlessness]
2: (physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (=
joules/second)
3: possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities)
required to do something or get something done; "danger
heightened his powers of discrimination" [syn: ability]
[ant: inability]
4: a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the
world [syn: world power, major power, great power, superpower]
5: (of a government or government official) holding an office
means being in power; "being in office already gives a
candidate a great advantage"; "during his first year in
office"; "during his first year in power"; "the power of
the president" [syn: office]
6: one possessing or exercising power or influence or
authority; "the mysterious presence of an evil power";
"may the force be with you"; "the forces of evil" [syn: force]
7: physical strength [syn: might, mightiness]
8: a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a
quantity is multiplied by itself [syn: exponent, index]
9: a very wealthy or powerful businessman; "an oil baron" [syn:
baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate,
mogul, top executive, tycoon]
v : supply the force or power for the functioning of; "The
gasoline powers the engines"

Moby Dictionary
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acme , activity , actuate , administration , ally , ampleness ,
amplitude , animate , appurtenance , aptitude , archduchy , archdukedom ,
ascendancy , authoritative , authoritativeness , authorities ,
authority , authorization , baron , barrel , be-all and end-all , beef ,
bent , big gun , big man , big name , bigwig , birthright , bite ,
bitingness , blue ribbon , body politic , boundlessness , brass ,
brass hat , brawn , buffer state , bulk , bump , caliber , capability ,
capable , capacity , capital , captive nation , celebrity ,
championship , charisma , charm , chieftaincy , chieftainry ,
city-state , claim , claws , clout , clutches , colony , command ,
commonweal , commonwealth , compel , competence , competency ,
competent , compulsion , conjugal right , consequence ,
constituted authority , control , convincing , country , county ,
credit , cuttingness , decisiveness , delegated authority , demand ,
demonic energy , devices , dignitary , dignity , dint , direction ,
directorship , disposable resources , disposition , divine right ,
domain , dominance , dominant , domination , dominion , dower , dowry ,
drag , drive , drive on , driving force , droit , duchy , due , dukedom ,
dynamic , dynamism , earldom , effect , effective , effectiveness ,
effectual , efficacious , efficient , elder , electricity , eminence ,
empery , empire , enchantment , endowment , endurance , energetic ,
energy , enormity , enormousness , equipment , ergal , esteem , expanse ,
faculty , father , favor , figure , first place , first prize ,
fixity of purpose , flair , force , forceful , forcefulness , forcible ,
formidableness , forte , fortitude , forward , free city , fuel ,
fullness , function , funds , genius , gift , gigantism ,
give an impetus , give momentum , goad , good feeling , governance ,
government , grand duchy , grandeur , grandness , grasp , great ,
great man , great scope , greatness , grip , gripe , guts , gutsiness ,
hand , hands , hardiness , headship , heartiness , hegemony , height ,
helm , highest , hold , hugeness , immensity , impel , impellent ,
impelling force , imperium , impetus , importance , important person ,
impressiveness , impulse , impulsion , inalienable right , incentive ,
incidental power , incisiveness , incite , incitement , incumbents ,
indirect authority , inertia , infinity , influence , influential ,
influentiality , inherent authority , insinuation , instinct ,
intensity , interest , interests , intestinal fortitude , invincible ,
iron hand , iron will , irresistible force , jurisdiction ,
jus divinum , kinetic energy , kingdom , kingship , knack , land ,
largeness , lashings , lawful authority , leadership , legal authority ,
legitimacy , leverage , lion , long suit , lords of creation , lordship ,
lot , lump , lustiness , magisterialness , magnate , magnetism ,
magnitude , makings , man of mark , management , mandant , mandate ,
mandated territory , mandatee , mandatory , mass , masterdom ,
mastership , mastery , maximum , means , mess , method , metier , might ,
mightiness , mighty , mogul , moment , momentum , moral courage ,
moral fiber , mordancy , most , motivate , motive power , mountain ,
move , much , muchness , muscle , nabob , name , nation , nationality ,
natural endowment , natural gift , natural right , ne plus ultra ,
nervosity , nervousness , new high , notability , notable , obstinacy ,
palms , panjandrum , paramountcy , parts , peck , person of renown ,
personage , personality , persuasion , pillar of society , plenitude ,
poignancy , polis , polity , possession , potence , potency , potent ,
potential , potential energy , potentiality , powder , power elite ,
powerful , powerfulness , powers , powers that be , predominance ,
preponderance , prerogative , prescription , presidency , pressure ,
prestige , presumptive right , pretense , pretension , primacy ,
principality , principate , privilege , prodigiousness , propel ,
proper claim , property right , propulsion , protectorate , province ,
puissance , puissant , pull , punch , puppet government , puppet regime ,
purchase , put in motion , qualification , raj , realm , record ,
recourses , regality , regnancy , reign , reins of government ,
republic , repute , resorts , resources , right , rightful authority ,
robustness , royal prerogative , ruggedness , rule , ruling circle ,
sachem , satellite , say , seneschalty , set agoing , set going ,
set in motion , settlement , sight , sinew , sinewiness , skill ,
somebody , something , sovereign nation , sovereignty , speciality ,
stalwartness , stamina , state , staying power , steam , sticking power ,
stock , stoutness , strength , strength of mind , strength of purpose ,
strength of will , strenuous , strenuousness , strings , strong arm ,
strong flair , strong language , strong point , stupendousness ,
sturdiness , suasion , subtle influence , suggestion , sultanate ,
superiority , superpower , supply , supremacy , sway , talent , talents ,
talons , territory , the goods , the great , the say , the say-so ,
the stuff , the top , thrust , title Paul Kinlan

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