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HORSEPOWER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does horsepower mean?
• HORSEPOWER (noun)
The noun HORSEPOWER has 1 sense:
1. a unit of power equal to 746 watts
Familiarity information: HORSEPOWER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A unit of power equal to 746 watts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("horsepower" is a kind of...):
power unit (a measure of electric power)
Meronyms (parts of "horsepower"):
W; watt (a unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a resistance of 1 ohm)
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