Horsepower

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Table of contents

1 Pronunciation 2 Etymology 3 Noun 4 Translations 5 See also

Pronunciation

• AHD: hô(r)s'pou"ər
• IPA: /ˈhɔː(r)spaʊə(r)/
• SAMPA: /"hO:(r)spaU@(r)/

Etymology

• From horse and power, the unit originally being calculated as the amount of power that a horse could provide.

Noun

horsepower (plural horsepower)

1. A non-metric unit of power (symbol hp) with various definitions, the most common of which being approximately equal to 745.7 watts.

Translations

• Danish: hestekraft (symbol HK)
• Dutch: paardenkracht (symbol pk)
• Finnish: hevosvoima (symbol hv)
• French: cheval-vapeur m (symbol CV)
• German: Pferdestärke f (symbol PS)
• Hebrew: כוח-סוס (Ko'ah Sus) also כ״ס
• Polish: koń parowy (symbol HP)
• Slovak: konská sila f (symbol ks)
• Swedish: Hästkraft (symbol hp or bhp)

See also

• Wikipedia article on horsepower