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• horsepower — [hôrs′pou΄ər] n. [first adopted by WATT James] 1. the power exerted by a horse in pulling pl. horsepower 2. a basic unit of power in the FPS system, equal to the power needed to raise a weight of 550 pounds a distance of 1 foot in 1 second or a… …   English World dictionary

• horsepower — horse‧pow‧er [ˈhɔːsˌpaʊə ǁ ˈhɔːrsˌpaʊr] written abbreviation hp noun [countable, uncountable] a unit for measuring the power of an engine: • The test vehicle s horsepower was increased by 11% …   Financial and business terms

• horsepower — ► NOUN (pl. same) ▪ an imperial unit of power equal to 550 foot pounds per second (about 750 watts), especially as a measurement of engine power …   English terms dictionary

• horsepower-hour — [hôrs′pou΄ərour΄] n. a unit of work equal to 1,980,000 foot pounds …   English World dictionary

• horsepower — unit of power equal to 550 foot pounds of work per second Units of Measurement …   Phrontistery dictionary

• Horsepower — hp redirects here. For other uses, see HP (disambiguation). Horsepower (HP) is the name of several units of measurement of power. The most common definitions equal between 735.5 and 750 watts.[1] Horsepower was originally defined to compare the… …   Wikipedia

• horsepower — /hawrs pow euhr/, n. 1. a foot pound second unit of power, equivalent to 550 foot pounds per second, or 745.7 watts. 2. Informal. the capacity to achieve or produce; strength or talent: The university s history faculty is noted for its… …   Universalium

• horsepower-hour — noun a unit of work equal to the work done by one horsepower in one hour • Hypernyms: ↑work unit, ↑heat unit, ↑energy unit * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun : the work performed or energy consumed by working at the rate of one horsepower for one hour,… …   Useful english dictionary

• horsepower — (hp)    a unit of power representing the power exerted by a horse in pulling. The horsepower was defined by James Watt (1736 1819), the inventor of the steam engine, who determined after careful measurements that a horse is typically capable of a …   Dictionary of units of measurement

• horsepower — noun Date: 1806 1. the power that a horse exerts in pulling 2. a unit of power equal in the United States to 746 watts and nearly equivalent to the English gravitational unit of the same name that equals 550 foot pounds of work per second 3.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Horsepower — (Hp, HP)   A unit of rate of operation. Electrical Hp: a measure of time rate of mechanical energy output; usually applied to electric motors as the maximum output; 1 electrical Hp is equal to 0.746 kilowatts or 2,545 Btu per hour. Shaft Hp: a… …   Energy terms