power vs slow

power

verb
  • To enable or provide the impetus for. 

  • To provide power for (a mechanical or electronic device). 

  • To hit or kick something forcefully. 

noun
  • 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. 

adj
  • Impressive. 

slow

verb
  • To keep from going quickly; to hinder the progress of. 

  • To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate. 

  • To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of. 

adj
  • Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time. 

  • Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness. 

  • Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time. 

  • Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend. 

  • Not busy; lacking activity. 

  • Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed. 

  • Not hasty; not tending to hurry; acting with deliberation or caution. 

adv
  • Slowly. 

noun
  • A slow song. 

  • Someone who is slow; a sluggard. 

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