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• foot pound per second — (ft·lbf/s or ft·lb/s)    a traditional unit of power equal to about 1.355 818 watt or 0.001 818 horsepower …   Dictionary of units of measurement

• 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 — horse•pow•er [[t]ˈhɔrsˌpaʊ ər[/t]] n. 1) mec a foot pound second unit of power, equivalent to 550 foot pounds per second, or 745.7 watts 2) cvb inf Informal. the capacity to achieve or produce; strength or talent • Etymology: 1800–10 …   From formal English to slang

• Foot-pound force — The foot pound force, or simply foot pound (symbol: ft·lbf or ft·lb) is a unit of work or energy (a scalar) and also a unit of torque (a vector). There is actually no such thing as foot pounds . The correct term is pound feet .Foot pounds is… …   Wikipedia

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