su|per|pow|er

su|per|pow|er
su|per|pow|er «SOO puhr POW uhr», noun.
1. power on an extraordinary or extensive scale.
2. a nation so great or strong as a power that its actions and policies greatly affect those of smaller, less powerful nations. The United States is a superpower. »

It marked the beginning of new forms of competition between the superpowers (New Yorker).

3. a supernational political entity having authority in the international realm that transcends that of all or most world powers, existing as a concept in political science and reflected to a limited extent in the formal structure of such bodies as the League of Nations and the United Nations.
4. electric power on an extraordinary scale developed by linking together all available power sources in a given area, for providing more efficient and economical power production and distribution.

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