For instance there's the cultural dimension of power distance.
That is the reason why the current emphasis in China is on the construction of 500kv extra-high-voltage lines and long-distance power transmission.
Athletics officials from many countries, including perennial long-distance power Kenya, forgo trials and select their Olympic marathoners based on criteria that range from personal bests to overall bodies of work.
The same approach has been used in ground-based experiments to beam one kilowatt of power over a distance of several kilometres, notes Peter Fisher, a physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Her distance from power was further widened when Mr Mandela divorced her last year.
They also have a well-earned reputation for honesty and incorruptibility, no doubt helped by their great distance from power.
The Lib Dems have greater room for manoeuvre than the other two parties because of their distance from power.
The problem is that the energy is transmitted in all directions, which means that power is lost rapidly with distance.
Mr Heaton-Harris' Onshore Wind Turbines (Proximity of Habitation) Bill would give local planning authorities the power to specify the minimum distance between turbines and homes.
Since the particulates travel great distances before they are washed out, even this small dose is not a function of distance from the power plant, but is randomized geographically.
The first problem of providing enough power to they bike for long distance riding, was only recently figured out.
Guerrero pressed Berto to the ropes, kept a puncher's distance to avoid smothering his power and banged away to the body and head.
Dealers are casting off the shackles of intervention, which they fear far less today as the time distance widens beyond the nuclear power-plant trauma.
In the 16th century, when it was at its strongest, the Ottoman empire came within spitting distance of Vienna, its power fueled by superior technology and a strong merchant class.
Many athletes use Strava to rank their own performances over time, measuring not only speed and distance but also heart rate, power output and other information.
Ambient radio waves have largely been ignored as a potential power source until recently, because the power of a broadcast radio signal rapidly decreases with distance.
Wahoo Fitness' iPhone cycling system allows users to monitor all the vitals including power, speed, cadence, heart rate, pace, distance, location, course and more.
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But the truth is that during the late 20th century, the distance between these true believers and the centers of state power has not been very great.
Beginning in the 2013 season, all 19 MLS clubs will use the data-tracking technology from adidas, providing coaches, trainers and players with real-time performance metrics including heart rate, speed, acceleration, distance, field position and, for the first time, power.
The gap between the pantograph, which is the arm on top of the train car that draws power from overhead lines, and the catenary system must remain within a precise distance and tension.
In fact, the intellectual power of the team of four Experts can almost be calculated by the amount of distance each perspective has from the others.
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They would have had to distance themselves from Turkey, remove Turkey from NATO and seek to contain the power of the Erdogan regime.
The 20-mile-long drive, which is double the distance of the most direct route, passed by broken down homes, downed power lines, a smouldering mall which had been on fire for hours, nearly empty streets, and once in Algiers, a half-hour later, this strange sight.
For example, a camp near Dover, Tennessee is within easy striking distance of Fort Campbell (home of the 101st Airborne), TVA dams and power plants and an ammunition up-load facility.
That power has almost visibly started draining away as political leaders fall over each other in their unseemly rush to distance themselves from an increasingly toxic media empire.
But when he came to power in November 1917, after a million or so of his compatriots had died in battle, his distance from the old guard was a distinct advantage.
Then perhaps some historian will look again at Mr Hague's speech this month, aided by the enchantment lent by distance, and see that here started the Tories' long journey from trauma and defeat to power.
As battery range (i.e. the distance your battery fully charged will get you) becomes more of a consumer focus, increasingly compact power will become tantamount to battery choice for hybrids and electric cars.
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In retelling the story at his father's funeral, Al Gore used it not just as a reminder of a road not taken, but of the distance this branch of the Gore family had traveled in one generation to reach the heights of national power.
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The digital "eyebrow" display at the top of the instrument panel provides high visibility for the Eco indicator and speedometer, while the lower liquid crystal meter display houses the new percentage style state-of-charge meter, power meter, battery temperature gauge, multi-function display, remaining energy gauge, capacity level gauge and distance to empty display.
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