Influence

Influence may refer to:

Influence (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), an episode of the American drama TV series
Influence machine, a machine that converts mechanical work into electrostatic energy
Social influence, in interpersonal relationships
Minority influence, when the minority affect the behavior or beliefs of the majority
Undue influence, in contract law where one person takes advantage of a position of power over another person
Sphere of influence, area over which a state has some indirect control
Office of Strategic Influence, a short-lived American government department
Driving under the influence, the criminal act of driving while intoxicated

Influence is the seventh Season finale of Law & Order Special Victims Unit. An electrostatic generator, or electrostatic machine, is a mechanical device that produces Static electricity, or electricity at High voltage Social influence is when the actions or thoughts of individuals are changed by other individuals Minority influence is a form of Social influence, which takes place when a majority is being influenced to accept the Beliefs or Behaviour of a minority Undue influence (as a term in Jurisprudence) is an equitable doctrine that involves one person taking advantage of a position of power over another person A sphere of influence ( SOI) is an area or region over which an organization or state exerts some kind of indirect cultural economic military or political domination The Office of Strategic Influence, or OSI, was a department created by the United States Department of Defense on October 30, 2001, to support Driving under the influence of alcohol ( driving while intoxicated, drunk driving, drinking and driving, drink-driving) or other drugs

Dictionary

-noun

The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions; the status of being able to dictate the actions or behaviors of an object or person; moral or political power over a person or group; ascendancy.
An action exerted by a person or thing with such power on another to cause change.
A person or thing exerting such power or action.
(astrology) An element believed to determine someone's character or individual tendencies, caused by the position of the stars and planets at the time of one's birth.
(obsolete) The action of flowing in; influx.
(electricity) electrostatic induction.

-verb

(transitive) To affect by gentle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to persuade or induce.
(intransitive) Exert influence.
(transitive, obsolete) Cause to flow in or into; infuse; instill.

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