power transfer
Succession of control
Power transfer is the movement of authority, control, or energy from one entity to another.
In politics, it describes the handoff of governmental authority: The power transfer happened peacefully after the election.
In physics and engineering, it refers to energy moving between systems: The transformer enables power transfer between circuits.
The phrase often implies a complete shift rather than sharing—one party gains what another relinquishes.
- abdicationFormal surrender of power
- coup d'étatViolent government seizure
- torqueRotational force measurement
- transmissionSending of information
- drive trainVehicle power delivery system
delegation · conduction · succession · line of succession · handover · change of hands · lame duck · gear · inheritance · regime change · switch · hydraulic systems · regency · sovereignty · decentralization · passing the torch · shaft · devolution
- Inaugurationoath of office, inaugural address, swearing-in, swearing in, presidential oath
- transfershandoff, hand off, handover, relay, baton pass
- decolonizationanticolonialism, independence movement, independence movements, freedom fighter, anti-colonialism
- kicking techniqueaim, target, balance, form, timing
- power shiftsregime change, coup d'etat, overthrow, abdication, inauguration
- royal successionthrone, succession, line of succession, order of succession, succession line
power transferpower consolidation
Concentrating authority in one place
entrenchment · status quo · power grab · incumbency · dynasty