| Irish | English |
| cumhacht ghaoithe | wind power Energy extracted from wind, traditionally in a windmill, but increasingly by more complicated designes including turbines, usually to produce electricity but also for water pumping. The power available from wind is proportional to the area swept by the rotating place and the cube of the wind velocity, but less than half the available power can be recovered |
| cumhacht leictreach | electric power The rate at which electric energy is converted to other forms of energy, equal to the product of the current and the voltage drop |
| cumhacht na bpóilíní | police power |
| cumhacht na taoide | tidal power Mechanical power, which may be converted to electrical power, generated by the rise and fall of ocean tides. The possibilities of utilizing tidal power have been studied for many generations, but the only feasible schemes devised so far are based on the use of one or more tidal basins, separated from the sea by dams (known as barrages), and of hydraulic turbines through which water passes on its way between the basins and the sea |
| cumhacht pholaitiúil | political power The might, ability or authority of governments, citizens groups and other interested parties in enacting change or in influencing or controlling the outcome of governmental or public policies affecting a nation, region or municipality |
| cumhacht theirmeach farraige | thermal sea power The concept of utilizing the temperature differences of 20°C or more that occur between the surface of an ocean and its depths to achieve a continuous supply of power; this temperature difference may be found in the tropical regions of the world. Various small plants have been constructed to demonstrate the principle |
| cumhacht uisce | water power Energy obtained from natural or artificial waterfalls, either directly by turning a water wheel or turbine, or indirectly by generating electricity in a dynamo driven by a turbine |
| cumhacht íonaithe | purifying power Regenerative capacity of a system, of soils, water, etc. |
| gaol idir cumhacht agus teas | power-heat relation The ratio of the work done by an engine to the heat supplied |
