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How do you define power?

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The word 'power' can be defined as follows:

1) the capacity for doing or acting

2) great ability in doing or acting; strength; might

3) a right or privilege granted by a governing body in doing or enjoying something

4) authority or the right to control other people

5) the rate at which work is done

6) a number expressed as a quantity multiplied by itself; an exponent

7) electricity supplied to homes or businesses from a generating plant

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