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Pocheon IPP power station
The Pocheon IPP power station (포천천연C/C) is an LNG-fired combined-cycle power station in Pocheon, South Korea, developed by Daewoo E&C with two units using Mitsubishi 501J turbines for over 60% efficiency.
Pocheon power station
Pocheon power station (포천복합화력발전소) is a 1,560 MW LNG combined-cycle power plant in Pocheon, South Korea, whose two 780 MW units began commercial operation in 2014.
Pochhammer symbol
The Pochhammer symbol, also called the shifted factorial, is the notation (a)n for the rising factorial a(a+1)(a+2)⋯(a+n-1); in combinatorics it can instead mean the falling factorial.
Pocho (crocodile)
Pocho (around 1950–1960 – October 2011) was an American crocodile in Costa Rica rescued by fisherman Gilberto "Chito" Shedden in 1989, famous for swimming shows in Siquirres.
Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble (보천보전자악단)
Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble (보천보전자악단) is a North Korean state electronic music band founded June 4, 1985 under Kim Jong-il, known for "Whistle" and "Glad to Meet You" and for Moranbong Band's predecessor.
Pochteca
The pochteca were the hereditary corporation of professional long-distance merchants of Tenochtitlan and Tlatelolco, trading luxury goods and serving the Aztec state as envoys and spies.
Pochvennichestvo
Pochvennichestvo (почвенничество, from pochva, "soil") was a Russian literary and philosophical movement of the 1860s led by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Apollon Grigoryev, and Nikolai Strakhov, arguing that the educated elite must reunite with the national soil.
Pocillopora
Pocillopora, or cauliflower coral, is a genus of branching stony corals widespread across the tropical Indo-Pacific and a main reef-building genus in the Eastern Tropical Pacific.
Pocillopora damicornis
Pocillopora damicornis (cauliflower coral, lace coral), a widespread Indo-Pacific reef-building stony coral described by Linnaeus in 1758; a morphologically plastic species complex, model coral in physiology research, and host of thermally tolerant Durusdinium or Cladocopium symbionts.
Pocillopora verrucosa
Pocillopora verrucosa, rasp coral, a branching zooxanthellate stony coral (Pocilloporidae) of the tropical Indo-Pacific, up to 0.5 m colonies with verrucae; a species complex identified reliably only by molecular markers such as mtORF.
Pockels effect
The Pockels effect, also called the Pockels electro-optic effect, is the linear electro-optic effect in which a material's refractive index changes proportionally to an applied electric field.
Pocket bike
A pocket bike, also called a mini moto, is a small motorcycle replicating a full-size racing bike at roughly one-quarter scale, for pavement and track use.
Pocket FM (company)
Pocket FM is an Indian audio-entertainment platform founded in 2018 by Rohan Nayak, Nishanth K.S., and Prateek Dixit, known for serialized audio dramas paid for episode by episode.
Pocket Monsters Stadium (ポケモンスタジアム)
Pocket Monsters Stadium (ポケモンスタジアム) is the Japan-only 1998 Nintendo 64 Pokémon battle game, the first Stadium entry, with 40-42 of 151 Pokémon in 3D, 64GB Pak connectivity, and sequel numbering that diverged overseas.
Pocket Mortys
Pocket Mortys: free-to-play Pokémon-style monster-collecting RPG by Big Pixel Studios and Adult Swim Games, released January 2016 on iOS and Android; players collect and battle alternate-dimension Mortys; servers shut down April 13, 2026.
Pocket pistol
A pocket pistol is a pistol small enough to carry in a pocket, common from the late 17th to the late 19th century and still used for concealed carry.
Pocket veto
The pocket veto is a US presidential veto used when Congress adjourns within the 10-day signing period, so the unsigned bill dies and cannot be overridden. First used by Madison in 1812; scope disputes involve sine die versus intrasession adjournments.
Pocket watch
A pocket watch, or fob watch, is a portable timepiece carried in a pocket, the dominant form of personal timekeeping from the 1500s until World War I.
Pocketful of Sunshine (album)
Pocketful of Sunshine is Natasha Bedingfield's second studio album, released January 22, 2008 on Epic in the US as the reworked North American counterpart of her 2007 album N.B., with 13 tracks including Love Like This.
Pocketpair
Pocketpair, Inc. (株式会社ポケットペア) is a Japanese independent video game developer in Shinagawa, Tokyo, founded in 2015 by CEO Takuro Mizobe and known for Palworld and Craftopia.
PocketQube
A PocketQube is a standardized picosatellite format of 5 cm cubes weighing at most 250 g, proposed in 2009 by Robert Twiggs at Morehead State University.
PocketStation
PocketStation is a memory card peripheral for the Sony PlayStation with a monochrome LCD and infrared port, released only in Japan in 1999 after plans for release elsewhere were canceled.
Pocky (ポッキー)
Pocky (ポッキー) is Ezaki Glico's chocolate-coated biscuit stick snack, launched in Japan in 1966 as the world's first stick-shaped chocolate confection, named for the pokkin biting sound, sold abroad as MIKADO, and a Guinness-record best-selling chocolate biscuit brand.
Poclain Hydraulics
Poclain Hydraulics is a French, family-owned manufacturer of high-torque radial piston motors, pumps, and valves for construction, agricultural, and mining machinery, created in 1976 and independent since 1985.
Poco (smartphone brand)
Poco, stylized POCO, is a smartphone brand created by Xiaomi in 2018 to sell high-performance phones at low prices, spun off as an independent company in 2020.
Poco Lee
Poco Lee (Iweh Pascal Odinaka, born 1996) is a Nigerian dancer, hypeman, and singer from Orlu, Imo State, raised in Ojo, Lagos. Known for the Zanku Legwork video with Zlatan Ibile, the Poco Dance, and introducing Portable to Olamide; distinct from the K-pop artist of the same name.
Poco Mandasawu
Poco Mandasawu (Gunung Poco Mandasawu, Poco Likang) is a lava dome of the Ranakah volcanic complex in south-central Flores, Indonesia, near Ruteng; elevations 2,109-2,370 m are published, and the 1987 Anak Ranakah dome eruption ended 400 dormant years.
Pococke Kition inscriptions
The Pococke Kition inscriptions are a Phoenician-language marble dedication stele from Kition, Cyprus, copied by Richard Pococke in 1738; the stone is lost and only his copy survives.
Pocono Mountains
The Pocono Mountains are a dissected plateau of the Appalachian Plateaus in northeastern Pennsylvania, spanning a four-county, 2,400-square-mile resort region famed for the Delaware Water Gap, honeymoon resorts, skiing, and Pocono Raceway.
Pocono Raceway
Pocono Raceway, the Tricky Triangle, is a 2.5-mile triangular superspeedway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, founded by the Mattiolis in 1968; its three differently banked turns and NASCAR Cup Series Great American Getaway 400 distinguish it from other ovals.