hp
abbreviation
hp
1 Americanabbreviation
H.P.
2
American
Or
h.p.,
abbreviation
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Electricity. high power.
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high pressure.
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horsepower.
HP
British
abbreviation
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hire-purchase
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horsepower
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high pressure
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(in Britain) Houses of Parliament
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Mercury has developed a prototype that generates more than 800 hp, and a production version should reach the market within the next two years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
The RWD version—rated at 315 hp and 332 lb-ft—is agreeably nimble, well balanced, rock solid and hella responsive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
The Spectre is also electric—in the case of the top-spec Black Badge version, extremely electric, with 650 hp to answer the most whispered summons with splendid excess.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026
It may have 715 hp in Milan but by the time you reach Bormio the output is more like 630 hp.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
Davos sat beside his candle and looked at the letters hp had scratched out word by word during the days of his confinement.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Starting in the 1930s, a few established small presses to preserve the pulp fictions of H.P.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
In his most famous work, “The Call of Cthulhu,” science fiction writer H.P.
From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2025
Northwest filmmaker Dan Gildark’s 2007 horror film is loosely based on an H.P.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 23, 2023
The motif of mysticism that runs through “Monica” also recalls the work of Clowes’ cartoonist friend Richard Sala, who died while the book was still being created — and whose fascination with H.P.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2023
The following calculation is at our service to find out this thrust for climbing Vc × W = H.P.,
From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Victor Wilfred Pag?
“We don’t believe it’s a unit game anymore,” HP chief financial officer Karen Parkhill said earlier this month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
HP has been lifting pricing on its computers to address a run-up in memory chip prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
HP lifted its outlook for the full year, projecting adjusted earnings between $3.19 and $3.29 a share, including a 19 cent favorable impact from expected tariff refunds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
In the 1980s, while Sharp, HP and Casio marketed their scientific calculators to professionals, Texas Instruments was focused on penetrating the education space.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
He slid the HP laptop he’d been carrying onto the desk.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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