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horsepower-hour

horse·pow·er-hour
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hawrs-pou-er ouuh r, ou-er]
    • /ˈhɔrsˌpaʊ ər aʊər, ˈaʊ ər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hawrs-pou-er ouuh r, ou-er]
    • /ˈhɔrsˌpaʊ ər aʊər, ˈaʊ ər/

Definitions of horsepower-hour word

  • noun horsepower-hour a foot-pound-second unit of energy or work, equal to the work done by a mechanism with a power output of one horsepower over a period of one hour. 1
  • noun horsepower-hour an fps unit of work or energy equal to the work done by 1 horsepower in 1 hour. 1 horsepower-hour is equivalent to 2.686 × 106 joules 0
  • noun horsepower-hour a unit of work equal to 1,980,000 foot-pounds 0
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Origin of horsepower-hour

First appearance:

before 1895
One of the 18% newest English words
First recorded in 1895-1900

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Parts of speech for Horsepower-hour

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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horsepower-hour popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data about 66% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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