horsepower

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horsepower englannista suomeksi

1. hevosvoima

0. Substantiivi

1. hevosvoima

2. vääntövoima

horsepower englanniksi

1. Power derived from the motion of a horse.

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3. {{quote-text|en|year=2003|author=Gavin Weightman|title=What the Industrial Revolution Did for Us|page=57

4. A nonmetric unit of power (''symbol'' hp) with various definitions, for different applications. The most common of them is probably the horsepower, approximately equal to 745.7 watts.

5. (quote-journal)

6. 2012 March 22nd, David Blockley, ''Engineering: Short Introductions|A Very Short Introduction'' (309), (w), (ISBN), chapter 2: “The age of gravity – time for work”, page 20:

In the past, before the widespread adoption of SI units, the work that engines were capable of doing was compared with the work that horses could do – hence the term ‘horsepower’. Various people came up with various equivalencies, but the modern agreed definition is that 1 horsepower is 746 joules per second or 746 watts.

7. A metric unit (''symbol'' often PS from the German abbreviation), approximately equal to 735.5 watts.

8. (U), performance capability, specs, sim.

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