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   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. In the UK, one horsepower is equal to 550 foot-pounds per second or 745.7 watts. In the USA this figure has been rounded to 746 watts, and in the metric system it is 735.5 watts.
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   horsepower
   [n] - a unit of power equal to 746 watts
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   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 Btu min^-11 hp=0.178 kg cal s^{-1
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   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 of 33,000 English units of work per minute; hence, i ...
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   Horsepower
   `Horsepower` (`hp`) is the name of several non-metric units of power. In scientific discourse, the term `horsepower` is seen as inferior and is rarely used because of its various definitions and the already existent SI unit for power, the watt (W). However, use of the term `horsepower` persists as a legacy in many languages and industries, particularly in the automotive industry because of their continued advertising of maximum power output of in...
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   horsepower
   A unit of power used to describe the strength of a fluid component. One horsepower equals 746 watts.
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   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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   horsepower
   A unit of power, 550 foot-pounds/sec, or 745.7 W.
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   Horsepower
   measurement of power, usually mechanical.
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    horsepower
    (hp) A unit of power. It is still used commonly in the United States and, more generally, to measure the power of engines. Horsepower is defined as the amount of power that can move a 550-pound object 1 foot in one second of time, or 550 ft × (lbs/s). Another way of thinkin...
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    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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    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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