What is "power on"

Usage examples of "power on".

In the meantime, though, he had come to believe that no other power on Earth was entitled to help itself to the Arkonide treasures, particularly behind Rhodan’.

German leaders, alarmed at Russian mobilization and eager to establish the Reich as a power on a par with Britain, declared war on both of Germany's neighbors, Russia and France.

McHugh reduced power on the right engine in an effort to ease Frank's ordeal.

In the meantime, though, he had come to believe that no other power on Earth was entitled to help itself to the Arkonide treasures, particularly behind Rhodan's back.

At the critical point he increased power on the drive rockets, continuing to fall slowly until he felt the jarring bump of the directional fins touching the ground.

Two feet away was the lever that controlled all the power on the ship.

It signifies the partial operations of that power on each being, or on each class of beings.

At the other end, bathed in an ethereal light that appeared to have no visible source, was the Dragon Throne, the ceremonial seat of power on which only the Kunshin sat.

Onidi Louchard wouldn't take him for a rich, regimented fool then, a company flunky who had risen to power on his father's reputation.

Yet the blockheads and simpering idiots in positions of power on the Amalgamated Worlds refused to see the threat inherent in the cats' technology.

Onidi Louchard wouldn't take him for a rich, regimented fool then, a Company flunky who had risen to power on his father's reputation.