To promote by brevet.
An organized, long-distance bicycle ride — not a race, but a test of endurance — which follows a designated but unmarked route passing through check points.
A warrant from the government, granting a privilege, title, or dignity, as in France.
A military document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily, but without an increase in pay.
An authoritative grant or mark of recognition; a seal of approval.
To enable or provide the impetus for.
To provide power for (a mechanical or electronic device).
To hit or kick something forcefully.
Impressive.
Physical force or strength.
Control or coercion, particularly legal or political (jurisdiction).
The people in charge of legal or political power, the government.
A measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy.
The ability to do or undergo something.
An influential nation, company, or other such body.
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).
In Christian angelology, an intermediate level of angels, ranked above archangels, but exact position varies by classification scheme.
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.
The strength by which a lens or mirror magnifies an optical image.
The probability that a statistical test will reject the null hypothesis when the alternative hypothesis is true.
The ability to affect or influence.
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.
Cardinality.
The ability to coerce, influence, or control.
Electricity or a supply of electricity.