What is the product arising from the multiplication of a number into itself; as, a square is the second power, and a cube is third power, of a number called?
power — (Math.) The product arising from the multiplication of a number into itself; as, a square is the second power, and a cube is third power, of a number. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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