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Definition of passive power

passive power
Power Pow"er, n. [OE. pouer, poer, OF. poeir, pooir, F. pouvoir, n. & v., fr. LL. potere, for L. posse, potesse, to be able, to have power. See Possible, Potent, and cf. Posse comitatus.] 1. Ability to act, regarded as latent or inherent; the faculty of doing or performing something; capacity for action or performance; capability of producing an effect, whether physical or moral: potency; might; as, a man of great power; the power of capillary attraction; money gives power. ``One next himself in power, and next in crime.' --Milton. 2. Ability, regarded as put forth or exerted; strength, force, or energy in action; as, the power of steam in moving an engine; the power of truth, or of argument, in producing conviction; the power of enthusiasm. ``The power of fancy.' --Shak. 3. Capacity of undergoing or suffering; fitness to be acted upon; susceptibility; -- called also passive power; as, great power of endurance. Power, then, is active and passive; faculty is active power or capacity; capacity is passive power. --Sir W. Hamilton. 4. The exercise of a faculty; the employment of strength; the exercise of any kind of control; influence; dominion; sway; command; government. Power is no blessing in itself but when it is employed to protect the innocent. --Swift. 5. The agent exercising an ability to act; an individual invested with authority; an institution, or government, which exercises control; as, the great powers of Europe; hence, often, a superhuman agent; a spirit; a divinity. ``The powers of darkness.' --Milton. And the powers of the heavens shall be shaken. --Matt. xxiv. 29. 6. A military or naval force; an army or navy; a great host. --Spenser. Never such a power . . . Was levied in the body of a land. --Shak.

Meaning of passive power from wikipedia

- active or p****ive power factor correction may be used to counteract the distortion and raise the power factor. The devices for correction of the power factor...
- Nortel used PowerDsine's older Power over LAN PoE implementation. In a p****ive PoE system, the injector does not communicate with the powered device to...
- characterized as either p****ive solar or active solar depending on how they capture and distribute solar energy or convert it into solar power. Active solar techniques...
- the power system. The main difference between active power filters and p****ive power filters is that APFs mitigate harmonics by injecting active power with...
- P****ive radar (also referred to as parasitic radar, p****ive coherent location, p****ive surveillance, and p****ive covert radar) is a class of radar systems...
- A switched-mode power supply (SMPS), also called switching-mode power supply, switch-mode power supply, switched power supply, or simply switcher, is an...
- designers use p****ivity to refer to incrementally p****ive components and systems, which are incapable of power gain. In contrast, control systems engineers...
- the power system. The main difference between active power filters and p****ive power filters is that APFs mitigate harmonics by injecting active power with...
- component as negative. So a p****ive component which consumes power, such as an appliance or light bulb, will have positive power dissipation, while an active...
- stabilizes movements when lifting and holding heavy items. A powered exoskeleton differs from a p****ive exoskeleton, as the latter has no intrinsic actuator and...