Power Curve

Power curve may refer to:

  • The power band of an internal combustion engine, the range of speeds in which it operates efficiently
  • The power curve in aerodynamics, a characteristic curve of drag vs. airspeed for airfoils

Famous quotes containing the words power and/or curve:

    “It is better to have the power of self-protection than to depend on any man, whether he be the Governor in his chair of State, or the hunted outlaw wandering through the night, hungry and cold and with murder in his heart.”
    —Lillie Devereux Blake (1835–1913)

    “In philosophical inquiry, the human spirit, imitating the movement of the stars, must follow a curve which brings it back to its point of departure. To conclude is to close a circle.”
    —Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867)