horsepower
Power derived from the motion of a horse.
Other meanings
A nonmetric unit of power with various definitions, commonly the mechanical horsepower, approximately equal to 745.7 watts.
metric horsepower, a metric unit approximately equal to 735.5 watts.
Related words
- horsepower-hour
- hydraulic horsepower
- brake horsepower
- equivalent shaft horsepower
- shaft horsepower
- mechanical horsepower
- thermal horsepower
- tax horsepower
- metric horsepower
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This definition is adapted from “horsepower” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.