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horsepower
/ ˈhɔːsˌpaʊə /
noun
- an fps unit of power, equal to 550 foot-pounds per second (equivalent to 745.7 watts)
- a US standard unit of power, equal to 746 watts
horsepower
/ hôrs′pou′ər /
- A unit that is used to measure the power of engines and motors. One unit of horsepower is equal to the power needed to lift 550 pounds one foot in one second. This unit has been widely replaced by the watt in scientific usage; one horsepower is equal to 745.7 watts.
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Beyond connectivity, this model’s quiet belt drive offers one- and-a-quarter horsepower, making it powerful enough for larger doors.
Another even more specific way of defining them is as vehicles whose horsepower is 500 and up that cost around $250,000 or more.
Size, weight, horsepower, and fuel source are just a few of the things to look for when shopping for a zero-turn mower.
At times, Chrome was apparently limited to the Cortex-A55 cores only, ignoring most of the phone's computing horsepower, which is present in the bigger A78 and X1 cores.
There was a built-in audience with the kind of gearheads who love to pore over horsepower, steering and any other little cog that makes a car go vroom.
In the race to the future, horsepower was losing to gas power, and the city was changing.
But the real leverage between the U.S. and China comes down to economic horsepower.
They used a 30 horsepower refrigeration unit to keep the wall frozen and spent about $15 a day to power it.
It cruises at 43 miles per hour and has about a 10 horsepower engine, no larger than the Wright brothers' original vessel.
Unveiled at the EICMA motor show in Milan, the 1199 Panigale is the new king of the motorcycle horsepower race.
The horsepower figures do not fully represent the extent of actual commercial control.
If you had five-horsepower work to perform, how foolish it would be to install a two-hundred-and-fifty-pound engine!
Zeppelin's first airship had two cars, with a motor in each, giving about 30 horsepower.
Practice has shown that the amount of heating surface practically required by a boiler is 12 to 15 square feet per horsepower.
In selecting an engine, the higher the horsepower for the given dimensions, the more economical of both fuel and water.
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