Horsepower

Definitions

1. Power derived from the motion of a horse.
   literally, uncountable
2. A nonmetric unit of power with various definitions, commonly the mechanical horsepower, approximately equal to 745.7 watts.
   countable, uncountable
3. Metric horsepower, a metric unit approximately equal to 735.5 watts.
   countable, uncountable
4. Strength, performance capability, specs, or similar.
   figuratively, uncountable

Equivalents

33 more languages

العربيةالحصانحصان

Bosanskiforca

Catalàcavall de vapor

Češtinakoňská sílakůň

Ελληνικάάλογοίππος

Eestihobujõud

Suomiheppahevonenhevosvoimahummavääntövoima+ 2 more

Gaeilgeeach-chumhacht

हिन्दीअश्वशक्ति

Hrvatskiforca

Հայերենձիաուժ

Bahasa Indonesiadaya kuda

Italianocavallo vapore

日本語PS馬力

ქართულიცხენის ძალა

ភាសាខ្មែរហយពលអស្វឫទ្ធិ

한국어마력

Kurdîkonkun

Lietuviųarklio galia

Македонскикоњска сила

മലയാളംകുതിരശക്തി

Bahasa Melayukuasa kuda

Nederlands(metrieke) paardenkrachtmacht

Polskikoń mechaniczny

Portuguêscavalo de vaporcavalo-vaporforçahorsepower+ 1 more

Românăcal-putere

Русскийл. с.лошади́ная си́ла

Slovenčinakôň

Српскиforca

Svenskahästkrafthk

ไทยแรงม้า

Türkçebeygir gücü

Tiếng Việtma lực

Examples

“Shillibeer's bus came in 1829 drawn by three horses. Later two horses were found sufficient to pull⟳ these closed wagonettes, which eventually had outside seats, and later on the substitution of a motor for horsepower.”

“The Sun Inn is an attractive black-and-white building, and has an old mounting block⟳ outside as a reminder of the days when horsepower meant four legs and a saddle.”

“The wheel was to have⟳ been turned by horsepower, but it was adapted to be driven by a mill-wheel on the river Derwent […]”

“Equally I can stand⟳ in a station like⟳ Lucerne in Switzerland, and watch⟳ with ill-concealed admiration the majestic entry of one of the latest Gotthard "Ae 6/6" electrics, packing 6,000 horsepower within its 60 ft. of length and 121 tons of weight, with its sleek dark green sides and handsome stainless steel bands and front wings.”

“As Quincy recovered from our one-block adrenaline burst⟳, I gunned all 700 horsepower once more. Even with the pedal to the metal, the Exelero's sheer bulk caused a multisecond lag from the twin-turbo-charged V12's wind-up to actual launch⟳.”

“In the past, before the widespread adoption of SI units, the work⟳ that engines were capable of doing was compared with the work⟳ that horses could do – hence the term ‘horsepower’. Various people came up with various equivalencies, but the modern agreed definition is that 1 horsepower is 746 joules per second or 746 watts.”

“political horsepower”

“My patron who sent this to me to do a whole video on, you know⟳, Convergence or whatever, being able to use⟳ this as a desktop, uh, replacement, or at least a desktop type⟳ thing, it’s impossible for me, I can’t do it, this device just doesn’t have⟳ that type⟳ of horsepower even to run⟳ itself, let⟳ alone actually run⟳ desktop Linux, it just can’t do it, I haven’t figured out how to do it.”

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