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 Definitions of Horsepower  [ˈhɔrsˌpaʊ ər]  

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Definition of 'Horsepower' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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

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

Etymology:  (1800–10)

Definition of 'Horsepower' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) horsepower, HP, H.P.
a unit of power equal to 746 watts


Translation of 'Horsepower' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a standard unit used to measure the power of engines, cars etc.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: perdekrag Arabic flag Arabic: قُدْرَة حِصانيَّه: وحدة ل Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: конска сила
Brazilian flag Brazilian: cavalo-vapor Czech flag Czech: koňská síla German flag German: die Pferdestärke (P.S.)
Danish flag Danish: hestekraft Greek flag Greek: ιπποδύναμη Spanish flag Spanish: caballo de vapor
Estonian flag Estonian: hobujõud Farsi flag Farsi: نيروي اسب بخار Finnish flag Finnish: hevosvoima
French flag French: cheval-vapeur Hebrew flag Hebrew: כּוֹח סוּס Hindi flag Hindi: अश्वशक्ति
Croatian flag Croatian: konjska sila Hungarian flag Hungarian: lóerő, LE Indonesian flag Indonesian: daya kuda
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hestafl Italian flag Italian: cavallo-vapore Japanese flag Japanese: 馬力
Korean flag Korean: 마력 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: arklio jėga Latvian flag Latvian: zirgspēks
Malay flag Malay: kuasa kuda Dutch flag Dutch: paardekracht Norwegian flag Norwegian: hestekrefter
Polish flag Polish: koń mechaniczny Persian flag Persian: نيروي اسب بخار Pashto flag Pashto: د آس قوت
Portuguese flag Portuguese: cavalo-vapor Romanian flag Romanian: cal-putere Russian flag Russian: лошадиная сила
Slovak flag Slovak: konská sila Slovenian flag Slovenian: konjska sila Serbian flag Serbian: konjska snaga
Swedish flag Swedish: hästkraft[er] Thai flag Thai: แรงม้า Turkish flag Turkish: beygir gücü
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 馬力 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: кінська сила Urdu flag Urdu: طاقت کی ایک برطانوی اکائی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: mã lực Chinese flag Chinese: 马力

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