Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The power of human physical strength.
- noun Power in terms of the workers available to a particular group or required for a particular task.
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- noun The total
number of all availableworkers ; theworkforce . - noun The
power exerted by a single person (analogous tohorsepower .)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the force of workers available
Etymologies
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Examples
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The freedom of info exercise we completed showed that 42% (at absolute best) of the manpower is available for response.
Policing Pledge Is A Lie SHOCK « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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The freedom of info exercise we completed showed that 42% (at absolute best) of the manpower is available for response.
Policing Pledge Is A Lie SHOCK « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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And what's happened, Larry, is that we have begun to substitute firepower and precision firepower, air delivered, ground delivered, rocket delivered, for what I call manpower and blood.
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If Soviet forces occupied southern France the West would have virtually no strategic depth and thier huge advantage in manpower wold do a great deal to offset any technological inferiority.
Cheeseburger Gothic » And now, Gentlemen, down to business. 2010
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SEATTLE Most small-business owners don't realize this yet, but a mother lode of technology that can free precious cash and manpower is available to them as in no other time in history.
Software-as-a-service gives small business powerful tools 2010
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Even if Sutton does win, it will pull resources, both financially and in manpower, that could have gone elsewhere.
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If 60% of manpower is non-operational, this would be a 30% increase in overall operational capacity in man-hours on the street and targeted.
Anyone Seen The Sun Today? « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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SEATTLE Most small-business owners don't realize this yet, but a mother lode of technology that can free precious cash and manpower is available to them as in no other time in history.
Software-as-a-service gives small business powerful tools 2010
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It would cost them more in manpower to do all the leg work (including the prosecution) than it is for the actual amount of the fine.
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SEATTLE Most small-business owners don't realize this yet, but a mother lode of technology that can free precious cash and manpower is available to them as in no other time in history.
Software-as-a-service gives small business powerful tools 2010
oroboros commented on the word manpower
One-tenth of a horsepower.
July 26, 2009