Meaning of donkeypower | Babel Free

Definitions

A unit of power equal to 250 watts, or about one-third of a horsepower.

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Examples

“How to talk about units of power less than 1 horsepower? Use a smaller creature, of course. Roughly 1/3rd of a single unit of horsepower—or roughly 250 watts—is now labelled one donkeypower.”

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