HORSEPOWER-HOUR


Meaning of HORSEPOWER-HOUR in English

/hawrs"pow'euhr oweur', -ow'euhr/ , n.

a foot-pound-second unit of energy or work, equal to the work done by a mechanism with a power output of one horsepower over a period of one hour.

[ 1895-1900 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .