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A power source is a source of power. Most commonly the type of power referred to is:

Power (physics), the rate of doing work; equivalent to an amount of energy consumed per unit time
Electric power, the rate at which electrical energy is transferred by an electric circuit; usually produced by electric generators or batteries
Power source may correspondingly refer to:

A source of primary energy, an energy form found in nature that has not been subjected to any conversion or transformation process
Energy carrier, or secondary energy, a substance or phenomenon that contains energy that can be later converted to other forms such as mechanical work or heat or to operate chemical or physical processes
Fuel, a material that stores potential energy in forms that can be practicably released and used for work
See Energy development for an overview of primary and secondary energy or power sources
or, often more specifically to an electric power source:

The electric power industry
A source of electrical energy
Electric power system, a network of electrical components used to supply, transmit and use electric power
Electricity generation, the process of generating electric power from other sources of primary energy
Power station, an industrial facility for the generation of electric power
Electric generator, a device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy for use in an external circuit
Electric power transmission
Electric power distribution
Mains electricity or household power, the general-purpose alternating-current (AC) electric power supply
AC power plugs and sockets, devices that allow electrically operated equipment to be connected to the primary alternating current (AC) power supply in a building
Battery (electricity), a device consisting of one or more electrochemical cells that convert stored chemical energy into electrical energy
Some conversion devices are sometimes called a "power source":

Engine, a machine designed to convert energy into useful mechanical motion
Power supply, an electrical device that supplies electric energy to an electrical load, by converting one form of electrical energy to another