ELECTRIC POWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electric power mean? 

• ELECTRIC POWER (noun)
  The noun ELECTRIC POWER has 1 sense:

1. the product of voltage and current

  Familiarity information: ELECTRIC POWER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELECTRIC POWER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The product of voltage and current

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

electric power; electrical power; wattage

Hypernyms ("electric power" is a kind of...):

power ((physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "electric power"):

load (the power output of a generator or power plant)

 Context examples 

Issue associated with any deviations from device documented performance specifications relating to devices, circuits, or systems utilizing electrons and in association with components to convert, control and condition of electric power (alternating or direct current), and of voltage and current.

(Medical Device Electronic Property Issue, Food and Drug Administration)