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  2. Power - Wikipedia

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    Power 89.1, in Cebu City, Philippines, operated by Word Broadcasting Corporation 94.1 Power Radio in Daet, Camarines Norte, Philippines DXLL-FM in Davao City, Philippines (previously known as Power Radio from 2021 to 2024)

  3. Etymology of electricity - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... that is, a power to attract strawes and light bodies, ... Etymology of electricity.

  4. Scientia potentia est - Wikipedia

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    The first known reference of the exact phrase appeared in the Latin edition of Leviathan (1668; the English version had been published in 1651). This passage from Part 1 ("De Homine"), Chapter X ("De Potentia, Dignitate et Honore") occurs in a list of various attributes of man which constitute power; in this list, "sciences" or "the sciences" are given a minor position:

  5. Fourth Estate - Wikipedia

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    The term Fourth Estate or fourth power refers to the press and news media in their explicit capacity, beyond the reporting of news, of wielding influence in politics. [1] The derivation of the term arises from the traditional European concept of the three estates of the realm : the clergy, the nobility, and the commoners.

  6. List of English words of Persian origin - Wikipedia

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    Etymology: modification of Persian بالم balam. a Persian-gulf boat holding about eight persons and propelled by paddles or poles. [22] Benami Etymology:be(बे) means 'not'or 'without'.Hindi बेनाम benaam, from Persian بنام banaam in the name of + i. made, held, done, or transacted in the name of. [23] Bezoar

  7. Mana (Oceanian cultures) - Wikipedia

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    It is impersonal, undistinguished, and (like energy) transmissible between objects, which can have more or less of it. Mana is perceptible, appearing as a "Power of awfulness" (in the sense of awe or wonder). [20]: 12–13 Objects possessing it impress an observer with "respect, veneration, propitiation, service" emanating from the mana's power.

  8. Psionics - Wikipedia

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    They cite James Blish's Jack of Eagles (1952), Theodore Sturgeon's More Than Human (1953), Wilson Tucker's Wild Talent (1954) and Frank M. Robinson's The Power (1956) as examples. Alfred Bester's The Demolished Man (1953) is a pioneering example of a work depicting a society in which people with "psi" abilities are fully integrated.

  9. Onomastics - Wikipedia

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    Onomastics (or onomatology in older texts) is the study of proper names, including their etymology, history, and use. An alethonym ('true name') or an orthonym ('real name') is the proper name of the object in question, the object of onomastic study. Scholars studying onomastics are called onomasticians.