HORSEPOWER


Meaning of HORSEPOWER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhȯrs-ˌpau̇(-ə)r ]

noun

Date: 1806

1. : the power that a horse exerts in pulling

2. : a unit of power equal in the United States to 746 watts and nearly equivalent to the English gravitational unit of the same name that equals 550 foot-pounds of work per second

3. : effective power

intellectual horsepower

computing horsepower

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.