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military power

military power noun: in jet aircraft technology, the maximum power of a jet aircraft without use of afterburners.

Noun

military power (countable and uncountable, plural military powers)

  1. In jet aircraft technology, the maximum power of a jet aircraft without use of afterburners.
  2. A great power with particular emphasis placed on its military aspect.
    • "England," says General Napier, "both at home and abroad was, in 1808, scorned a military power, when she possessed (without a frontier to swallow up large armies in expensive fortress) at least two hundred thousand of the best equipped and best disciplined soldiers in the universe, together with...1870, James Grant, The King's Own Borderers; a Military Romance, page 361

Forms of military power

pluralmilitary powers

Questions about military power

What does military power mean?
Military power means in jet aircraft technology, the maximum power of a jet aircraft without use of afterburners.
What part of speech is military power?
Military power is a noun.
What is the plural of military power?
The plural of military power is military powers.

Words near military power in the dictionary

  1. military personnel
  2. military pickle
  3. military pickles
  4. military police
  5. military policeman
  6. military power
  7. military powers
  8. military press
  9. military pressed
  10. military presses
  11. military pressing

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