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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 hourplay

  Familiarity information: HORSEPOWER-HOUR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HORSEPOWER-HOUR (noun)


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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