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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

power
     adj : supplementing or replacing manual effort; "power brakes";
           "power-assisted steering" [syn: power-assisted, power]
     n 1: possession of controlling influence; "the deterrent power of
          nuclear weapons"; "the power of his love saved her"
          [syn: powerfulness, potency] [ant: 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
        power" [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"

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

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.

   2. (Law) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.

   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.
Power \Pow"er\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   Same as Poor, the fish.
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.

   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.

   3. Capacity of undergoing or suffering; fitness to be acted
      upon; susceptibility; -- called also passive power; as,
      great power of endurance.

            Power, then, is active and passive; faculty is
            active power or capacity; capacity is passive power.
                                                  --Sir W.
                                                  Hamilton.

   4. The exercise of a faculty; the employment of strength; the
      exercise of any kind of control; influence; dominion;
      sway; command; government.

            Power is no blessing in itself but when it is
            employed to protect the innocent.     --Swift.

   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.

            And the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.
                                                  --Matt. xxiv.
                                                  29.

   6. A military or naval force; an army or navy; a great host.
      --Spenser.

            Never such a power . . . Was levied in the body of a
            land.                                 --Shak.

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (2003-OCT-10) 

POWER

   Performance Optimization with Enhanced RISC.  The IBM
   processor architecture on which PowerPC was based.

Source: V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms December 2001 

POWER
        Power Optimization With Enhanced RISC [chip] (IBM, Apple, Motorola)

Source: U.S. Gazetteer (1990) 

Power, MT
  Zip code(s): 59468