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1 power
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.) ικανότητα2) (strength, force or energy: muscle power; water-power; ( also adjective) a power tool (=a tool operated by electricity etc. not by hand).) ισχύς,ενέργεια3) (authority or control: political groups fighting for power; How much power does the Queen have?; I have him in my power at last) δύναμη,ισχύς,εξουσία4) (a right belonging to eg a person in authority: The police have the power of arrest.) εξουσία5) (a person with great authority or influence: He is quite a power in the town.) ισχυρό πρόσωπο6) (a strong and influential country: the Western powers.) δύναμη7) (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.) δύναμη•- powered- powerful
- powerfully
- powerfulness
- powerless
- powerlessness
- power cut
- failure
- power-driven
- power point
- power station
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2 blackout
1) (a period of darkness produced by putting out all lights: Accidents increase during a blackout.) συσκότιση2) (a ban (on news etc): a blackout of news about the coup.) απαγόρευση ειδήσεων3) (a period of unconsciousness: He has had several blackouts during his illness.) λιποθυμία4) (a brief, temporary loss of memory, as when an actor forgets his/her lines.) σκοτοδίνη5) ((also outage) a period of a general power failure.) διακοπή ρεύματος6) ((in the theatre) the putting out of the stage lights at the end of a scene etc.) (στο θέατρο) σβήσιμο των φώτων στο τέλος σκηνής -
3 on hand
(near; present; ready for use etc: We always keep some candles on hand in case there's a power failure.) πρόχειρος,διαθέσιμος -
4 outage
(blackout; a period of a general power failure.) διακοπή ηλεκτρικού ρεύματος
См. также в других словарях:
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