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POWERED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(often used in combination) having or using or propelled by means of power or power of a specified kind
Example:
kerosine-powered jet engines
Classified under:
Similar:
battery-powered (powered by one or more electric batteries)
high-powered ((used of microscopes) capable of a high degree of magnification)
hopped-up ((of an automobile) having the engine modified to give extra power)
power-driven (powered by a motor)
steam-powered (powered by a steam engine)
supercharged ((of e.g. an engine) having the power increased by fitting with a supercharger)
Antonym:
unpowered (not having or using power)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb power
Context examples:
The hydrogen cyanide rained to the surface, where it interacted with other elements in various ways, powered by the UV light from the sun.
(Scientists identify exoplanets where life could develop as it did on Earth, University of Cambridge)
The Jade Rabbit 2 rover has six individually powered wheels, so it can continue to operate even if one wheel fails.
(Chinese Rover Making Tracks on Dark Side of the Moon, VOA)
We realized that the orbit was going to carry Juno into Jupiter's shadow, which could have grave consequences because we're solar powered.
(NASA's Juno Navigators Enable Jupiter Cyclone Discovery, NASA)
He turned round on their coming in, and his countenance shewed that he strongly partook of the emotion which over-powered Marianne.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
A device used to directly visualize the larynx; often has a battery-powered lamp at its tip.
(Laryngoscope, NCI Thesaurus)
Mitotic kinesins or microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs) are ATP-powered proteins that convert energy into a mechanical force along the microtubule structure following the hydrolysis of ATP, which occurs during microtubule polymerization.
(Mitotic Kinesin Modulator, NCI Thesaurus)
A unit of measurement equal to one million entities per unit of area equal to one high powered field.
(Million per High Powered Field, NCI Thesaurus)
Have your cell phone powered up because Venus and your ruler, Uranus, the planet known to brings surprises, will conjoin in your fourth sector of home and family.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
A surgical procedure in which a small, battery-powered device is placed in the chest wall to transmit electrical impulses to the heart muscles to stimulate contraction.
(Pacemaker Placement, NCI Thesaurus)
A unit of measurement of the number of entities per unit of area equal to one hundred high powered fields.
(Per 100 High Powered Fields, NCI Thesaurus)
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