Horsepower is a unit of power used for measuring how powerful an engine is.
The engine has more than 4,000 horsepower.
...a 300-horsepower engine.
horsepower in British English
(ˈhɔːsˌpaʊə)
noun
1.
an fps unit of power, equal to 550 foot-pounds per second (equivalent to 745.7 watts)
2.
a US standard unit of power, equal to 746 watts
Abbreviation: HP, h.p
horsepower in American English
(ˈhɔrsˌpaʊər)
noun
1.
the power exerted by a horse in pulling
2. Word forms: pluralhorsepower
a basic unit of power in the FPS system, equal to the power needed to raise a weight of 550 pounds a distance of 1 foot in 1 second or a weight of 33,000 pounds a distance of 1 foot in 1 minute (746 watts or 42.41 British thermal units per minute)
used esp. for measuring the power of motors or engines: abbrev. hp
3. Informal
power
this car doesn't have the horsepower to climb steep hills
Word origin
first adopted by Watt
horsepower in Automotive Engineering
(hɔrspaʊər)
noun
(Automotive engineering: Design and performance)
Horsepower is a unit of power used for measuring how powerful an engine is.
This vehicle has a 300-horsepower engine.
The term horsepower describes how much power an engine can produce, and is directly related to how muchspeed a car can achieve.
The 3-liter engine was meant to give 300 horsepower at 7500 rpm.
Examples of 'horsepower' in a sentence
horsepower
They know that a man having his first intimations of mortality is seriously in need of horsepower.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Our food packs enough punch not to need the extra horsepower.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
You need sharp elbows and bravery as well as thighs that can crank out 2½ brake horsepower.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
This from a woman who refuses to drive any car with less than 350 brake horsepower.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The 148 brake horsepower diesel engine is quiet and powerful.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I have only so much emotional and intellectual horsepower.
Christianity Today (2000)
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 (2012)
It's not the 450 brake horsepower.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Its two 3,000 horsepower engines have the combined power of six Spitfires.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
For a time the brakes held the 125 horsepower engine to 70mph.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Instead, that extra hardware horsepower has been devoted to transforming the size of players' virtual playgrounds.
The Sun (2014)
Give them the freedom to decide how, the freedom to be creative, the freedom to use their intellectual horsepower to deliver.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In other languages
horsepower
British English: horsepower NOUN
Horsepower is a unit of power used for measuring how powerful an engine is.