(politics) Political influence that is extended by means of diplomacy, media, international assistance, cultural exchanges, etc., rather than by such "hard" means as military intervention or punitive economic measures.

plural of power ballad

A power strip.

A block of electrical sockets that attaches to the end of a flexible cable and allows multiple electrical devices to be plugged in.

plural of power bottom

(LGBT slang) An especially aggressive or energetic receiving partner during sex.

The imaginary component of the power of an alternating current circuit; the product of the voltage and that part of the current that is out of phase with the voltage.

plural of power top

(slang, LGBT) An especially aggressive or energetic active partner in anal sex. / An electrically operated roof on a convertible vehicle

The process in which an electric or electronic device produces heat (or other waste energy) as an unwanted byproduct of its primary action.