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2009
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horse·pow·er
/ ˈhôrsˌpou(-ə)r/
(abbr.: hp)
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n.
(pl. same)
a unit of power equal to 550 foot-pounds per second (745.7 watts).
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the power of an engine measured in terms of this:
a strong 140-horsepower engine. See also brake horsepower.
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power; ability to perform strenuous tasks:
other software improvements include more analytical horsepower.
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Horsepower.com to Market Offers for California's Largest Tomato Processor.
PR Newswire; 8/3/2000; 700+ words
; ...Calif., Aug. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Horsepower.com, a business-to-business online...000 field tons of tomatoes through Horsepower for the 2000 and 2001 crops. Tomato...free membership at http://www.horsepower.com. The alliance is unique in tomato...
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Horsepower frenzy--the good old days are now. (Automotive Consumer).(Chevrolet Corvette)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
Magazine article from: Consumers' Research Magazine; 12/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...cubic-inch V-8 with a wheezy 205 horsepower. It's "wheezy" by today's standards...cylinder engines rated close to 200 horsepower, such as the 1.8-liter turbocharged...7liter boat anchor, such as the 240-horsepower, 2-liter, VTEC engine used in the...
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'Horsepower' has proved to be elusive to measure.(AUTO WEEKEND)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 12/5/2003; 700+ words
; ...THE WASHINGTON TIMES The subject of horsepower has recently appeared in a number of...or otherwise misrepresenting - the horsepower ratings of their cars, a confusing...explanation. To do that, we need to define "horsepower." Unfortunately, how it is defined...
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Horsepower Rises Through the Years as U.S. Car Buyers Feel Need for Speed.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 11/4/2003; 700+ words
; ...thunderous new age of pavement-pounding horsepower. Nothing in the storied muscle-car...burst through the once-mythical 500-horsepower barrier, then 600 and may be headed...muscle cars in the '60s had about 425 horsepower, and their ratings were usually inflated...
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A horsepower of another color.(determining the horsepower of an engine)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Countryside & Small Stock Journal; 5/1/1999; 700+ words
; Technically, one horsepower is the amount of power needed to move 33,000...There are a number of ways of determining the horsepower of an engine. Some examples: * Indicated horsepower: Power developed within the cylinders of the...
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Forget 6,000 horsepower; it's 8,000!
Magazine article from: National Dragster; 5/30/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...the figure of 6,000 as the amount of horsepower produced by supercharged, nitro-burning...physical measurements, the overwhelming horsepower of fuel cars has finally been accurately...tick under 8,000. Calculating for horsepower Horsepower has been calculated using...
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Familiar Horsepower Rating No Longer Standard; Small-Engine Makers May Cite Torque, Cubic Centimeters or Nothing at All
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/16/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...this spring, a familiar old term -- horsepower -- will be missing from many engines...might have fudged the numbers, but horsepower is no longer the gold standard for small...advertises some lawn mowers rated by horsepower, others by torque and still others...
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Thinking about horsepower and torque
Magazine article from: Light & Medium Truck; 12/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...are looking for a new truck? "More horsepower than the competition." "Most power...truck, it is important to understand horsepower and torque and how they are measured...and where your engine will be used. Horsepower and torque are important measurements...
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POWER SURGE Horsepower ratings are climbing at their fastest rate since the 1960s -- and fuel economy isn't suffering
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 1/26/2004; ; 700+ words
; Horsepower ratings are climbing, but not just...hasn't been such a rapid increase in horsepower since the late 1950s and 1960s. This...better -- fuel economy as their lower-horsepower predecessors. What gives? "People...
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What's the right horsepower?
Magazine article from: Electrical Apparatus; 4/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...much easier to determine the correct horsepower for a job, that choice can sometimes...merely a matter of "matching" motor horsepower rating to the load requirement. Although...load of 2/3- to 3/4-rated motor horsepower usually results in maximum motor efficiency...
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horsepower
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...of an engine measured in terms of this: a strong 140-horsepower engine. See also brake horsepower . ∎ power; ability to perform strenuous...other software improvements include more analytical horsepower.
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brake horsepower
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
brake horse·pow·er • n. ( pl. same) the available power of an engine, assessed by measuring the force needed to brake it: the net brake horsepower is only up by six.
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SIC 3621 Motors and Generators
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...of four primary product groups: fractional horsepower motors, integral horsepower motors and generators, land prime mover generator...generator sets. Of these products, fractional horsepower motors represented nearly 37 percent of the...
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Universal Compression, Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...400 units providing 2.3 million horsepower. The individual compressors ranged in size from 100 to 5,000 horsepower, allowing Universal to serve a wide...purchases together added 287,000 horsepower to the fleet, bringing its total...
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Snecma Group
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...Antoinette engine producing up to 50 horsepower. Anzani, the Renault brothers, and...considered a true worldwide success was 50 horsepower Omega, a seven cylinder rotary engine...produce rotary engines in the 50 to 100 horsepower range, Rh ô ne had refined...
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