Unit of measurement of power equal to that of a horse drafting 55 pounds at the speed of 10 feet per second, i.e. 745,7 Watt.
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Examples for "horsepower"
Examples for "horsepower"
1Air pressure is a big factor in the matter of aeroplane horsepower.
2Don't get us wrong: we're all for 400-horsepower personal amusement park rides.
3Automobile dealer Henri Rougier won first place in a Turcat-Méry 45-horsepower model.
4Yet the Pirelli P-Zeros shrugged off the 610-horsepower coercion without a wisp.
5A six-speed transmission sends the motor's 845 horsepower to an all-wheel-drive system.
1It's got more torque than brake horsepower.
2Three-hundred brake horsepower is energy.
3Automobile engines, on the other hand, commonly weighed 12 pounds to 13 pounds per brake horsepower.
4The 4.0-liter V8 engine that sits behind the two carbon fiber seats produces 789 brake horsepower.