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HORSEPOWER-HOUR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does horsepower-hour mean?
• HORSEPOWER-HOUR (noun)
The noun HORSEPOWER-HOUR has 1 sense:
1. a unit of work equal to the work done by one horsepower in one hour
Familiarity information: HORSEPOWER-HOUR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A unit of work equal to the work done by one horsepower in one hour
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("horsepower-hour" is a kind of...):
energy unit; heat unit; work unit (a unit of measurement for work)
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