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UK
/hˈɔːspaʊɐ/
]
[ US /ˈhɔɹˌspaʊɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈhɔɹˌspaʊɝ/ ]
NOUN
- a unit of power equal to 746 watts
How To Use horsepower In A Sentence
- His two motors, a used 7.5 horsepower and a 3.5 horsepower, cost just $25 apiece.
- Most people assume the higher the horsepower rating on the box, the better the air compressor.
- The difference in horsepower per cylinder is the cause of rough running at lean mixtures.
- Thus it is possible to increase an engine 's horsepower or adjust the way a car handles by plugging it into a computer. Times, Sunday Times
- Virtually every high-horsepower racing engine that is built at a professional shop is tested and tuned on a dyno before it is delivered.
- With the three-seventy horsepower Super V-eight and the long wheelbase. THE HUNDREDTH MAN
- The term horsepower was coined by James Watt (1736-1819), the Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer renowned for his improvements of the steam engine. Horsepower hour
- As with any type of electric pump, sewage pumps are rated in horsepower, ranging from less than one half horsepower to one horsepower or more.
- For $45,000 you can own a Dodge SRT - 10 dry-wall hauler powered by a 500 horsepower Viper V10 engine.
- I think the 25-06 would be ok on either, but with the winds and distance for sheep/goats I feel a tad more horsepower is necessary, as you want to drop that animal in it's tracts and not tumble down the mtn and break the head-gear. Whats the best rifle for antelope hunting? Also whats the best for mountain goat hunting?