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specific power

American  
[spi-sif-ik pau-er] / spɪˈsɪf ɪk ˈpaʊ ər /

noun

  1. the amount of power delivered by an engine, battery, or other similar source, per unit of mass; power-to-weight ratio.


Example Sentences

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In short, the supremacy clause matters not because of any specific power to which it applies, but because it clearly affirms the fact that the Constitution is, as Blackstone explains, law, not compact.

From Salon

The researchers were also able to quantify deaths attributable to specific power plants, producing a ranking of the coal-fired power plants studied based on their contribution to coal PM2.5's mortality burden.

From Science Daily

Hawaiian Electric said it is focused on restoring power and wouldn’t say whether the specific power lines involved in the fires were bare or comment on the state of the poles, citing a spate of new lawsuits that seek to hold it responsible for the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century.

From Seattle Times

Two years later, as Sonenshein reminded me, the Northridge earthquake prompted Mayor Richard Riordan to issue an emergency declaration, which then had only the administrative code to back it up — not the specific power of a city charter.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s this context that helps me, a possibly dying man as well, appreciate “Cyberpunk 2077” more than any other open-world game when it comes to achieving my specific power fantasy.

From Washington Post