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1. Horsepower
   A unit of work. When used to show power usage, one horsepower is equivalent to 746 watts.
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2. horsepower
   [n] - a unit of power equal to 746 watts
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3. Horsepower
   Mechanical engineering unit of power.Originally defined by James Watt as 33000 ft lb of work done by a horse in 1 minute.Conversions1 horsepower (hp)=550 ft lbf s^-11 hp=33000 ft lbf min^-11 hp=745.7 W1 hp=1.014 metric horsepower (PS or ch)1 hp=2546 Btu h^-11 hp=42.433 ...
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4. horsepower
   1. The power which a horse exerts. ... 2. <machinery> A unit of power, used in stating the power required to drive machinery, and in estimating the capabilities of animals or steam engines and other prime movers for doing work. It is the power required for the performance of work at the rate o...
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5. horsepower
   A unit of power used to describe the strength of a fluid component. One horsepower equals 746 watts.
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6. horsepower
   the common unit of power; i.e., the rate at which work is done. In the British Imperial System, one horsepower equals 33,000 foot-pounds of work per ... [3 related articles]
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7. Horsepower
   measurement of power, usually mechanical.
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8. Horsepower
   A measure of the rate of work. 33,000 pounds lifted one foot in one minute, or 550 pounds lifted one foot in one second. Exactly 746 watts of electrical power equals one horsepower.
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9. horsepower
   horsepower, unit of power in the English system of units. It is equal to 33,000 foot-pounds per minute or 550 foot-pounds per second or approximately 746 watts. The term horsepower originated with James Watt, who determined by experiment that a horse could do 33,000 foot-pounds of work a minute in d...
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10. Horsepower
    Horsepower is an imperial unit of power, now replaced by the watt. It was first used by the engineer James Watt, who employed it to compare the power of steam engines with that of horses - one horsepower being the force with which a horse acts when drawing. The mode of ascertaining a horse's power w...
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11. horsepower
    Type: Term Pronunciation: hōrs′pow-ĕr Definitions: 1. A unit of power, 550 foot-pounds/sec, or 745.7 W.
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12. horsepower
    Imperial unit of power, now replaced by the watt. It was first used by the engineer James Watt, who employed it to compare the power of steam engines with that of horses
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13. HORSEPOWER
    The motive energy required to raise 550# one foot in one second, friction disregarded.
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14. Horsepower
    `Horsepower` (`HP`) is the name of several units of measurement of power. The most common definitions equal between 735.5 and 750 watts. Horsepower was originally defined to compare the output of steam engines with the power of draft horses. The unit was widely adopted to measure the output of pisto...
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15. Horsepower
    (album) Horsepower is an album released by The Phoenix Foundation in 2003. Track listing: #"Sister Risk"&nbsp;– 4:50 #"Let Me Die A Woman"&nbsp;– 3:53 #"This Charming Van"&nbsp;– 3:56 #"The Swarm"&nbsp;– 2:42 ...
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