(biblical, in the plural) In Christian angelology, an intermediate level of angels, ranked above archangels, but exact position varies by classification scheme.
(colloquial, dated) A large amount or number.
(countable) The ability to affect or influence.
(metonymically) An influential nation, company, or other such body.
(metonymically, archaic) An army, a military force.
(metonymically, chiefly in the plural) The people in charge of legal or political power, the government.
(physics, mechanics) A measure of the effectiveness that a force producing a physical effect has over time. If linear, the quotient of: (force multiplied by the displacement of or in an object) ÷ time. If rotational, the quotient of: (force multiplied by the angle of displacement) ÷ time.
(set theory) Cardinality.
(social) The ability to coerce, influence, or control.
(statistics) The probability that a statistical test will reject the null hypothesis when the alternative hypothesis is true.
A measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy.
A product of equal factors (and generalizations of this notion): xⁿ, read as "x to the power of n" or the like, is called a power and denotes the product x⨯x⨯⋯⨯x, where x appears n times in the product; x is called the base and n the exponent.
Any of the elementary forms or parts of machines: three primary (the lever, inclined plane, and pulley) and three secondary (the wheel-and-axle, wedge, and screw).
Control or coercion, particularly legal or political (jurisdiction).
Electricity or a supply of electricity.
Physical force or strength.
The ability to do or undergo something.
The strength by which a lens or mirror magnifies an optical image.
verb
(transitive) To hit or kick something forcefully.
(transitive) To provide power for (a mechanical or electronic device).
