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1 power
['pauə(r)]n( control) władza f; ( ability) ( of speech etc) zdolność f; ( legal right) uprawnienie nt; (of engine, electricity) moc f; ( strength) ( lit, fig) siła fshe did everything in her power to help — zrobiła wszystko, co było w jej mocy, by pomóc
the powers that be — ci na górze (inf)
to turn the power on — włączać (włączyć perf) zasilanie
* * *1) ((an) ability: A witch has magic power; A cat has the power of seeing in the dark; He no longer has the power to walk.) zdolność2) (strength, force or energy: muscle power; water-power; ( also adjective) a power tool (=a tool operated by electricity etc. not by hand).) siła3) (authority or control: political groups fighting for power; How much power does the Queen have?; I have him in my power at last) władza4) (a right belonging to eg a person in authority: The police have the power of arrest.) upoważnienie5) (a person with great authority or influence: He is quite a power in the town.) wpływowa osobistość6) (a strong and influential country: the Western powers.) mocarstwo7) (the result obtained by multiplying a number by itself a given number of times: 2 × 2 × 2 or 23 is the third power of 2, or 2 to the power of 3.) potęga•- powered- powerful
- powerfully
- powerfulness
- powerless
- powerlessness
- power cut
- failure
- power-driven
- power point
- power station
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2 power failure
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awaria zasilaniaEnglish-Polish dictionary of Electronics and Computer Science > power failure
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5 blackout
['blækaut]n( in wartime) zaciemnienie nt; ( power cut) przerwa f w dostawie energii elektrycznej; (TV, RADIO) zagłuszanie nt; ( faint) (krótkotrwała) utrata f przytomności* * *1) (a period of darkness produced by putting out all lights: Accidents increase during a blackout.) zaciemnienie2) (a ban (on news etc): a blackout of news about the coup.) zakaz publikacji3) (a period of unconsciousness: He has had several blackouts during his illness.) czasowa utrata przytomności4) (a brief, temporary loss of memory, as when an actor forgets his/her lines.) zamroczenie5) ((also outage) a period of a general power failure.) przerwa w dopływie prądu6) ((in the theatre) the putting out of the stage lights at the end of a scene etc.) wygaszenie -
6 on hand
(near; present; ready for use etc: We always keep some candles on hand in case there's a power failure.) pod ręką -
7 outage
['autɪdʒ]n (esp US)przerwa f w dopływie energii elektrycznej* * *(blackout; a period of a general power failure.) przerwa w dopływie prądu
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