a set the elements of which are all the subsets of a given set
power set in American English
noun
Math
the collection of all subsets of a given set
Word origin
[1950–55]This word is first recorded in the period 1950–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: International Gothic, allograph, bleep, hot line, point spread
Examples of 'power set' in a sentence
power set
He could remember feeling the same way, when he was her age, and he discovered how much his power set him apart.