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brake horsepower vs. horsepower

brake horsepower

noun

  1. the horsepower made available by an engine or turbine for driving machinery other than itself, as measured by a dynamometer.

horsepower
[hawrs-pou-er] / ˈhɔrsˌpaʊ ər /

noun

  1. a foot-pound-second unit of power, equivalent to 550 foot-pounds per second, or 745.7 watts.

  2. Informal. the capacity to achieve or produce; strength or talent.

    The university's history faculty is noted for its intellectual horsepower.