• A unit of power, used in stating the power required to
    drive machinery, and in estimating the capabilities of animals or steam
    engines and other prime movers for doing work. It is the power required
    for the performance of work at the rate of 33,000 English units of work
    per minute; hence, it is the power that must be exerted in lifting
    33,000 pounds at the rate of one foot per minute, or 550 pounds at the
    rate of one foot per second, or 55 pounds at the rate of ten feet per
    second, etc.


    Horse power meaning & definition 1 of Horse power.


  • a unit used for measuring the power of an engine:

    Horse power meaning & definition 2 of Horse power.

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