horsepower

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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Noun

Wikipedia horsepower (plural horsepowers or horsepower)

1. A non-metric unit of power (symbol hp) with various definitions, for different applications. The most common of them is probably the mechanical horsepower, approximately equal to 745.7 watts.
2. A metric horsepower (symbol often PS from the German abbreviation), approximately equal to 735.5 watts.
3. Strength

   political horsepower

Derived terms

• horsepower-hour
• hydraulic horsepower
• mechanical horsepower
• thermal horsepower

Translations

non-metric

Chinese: Mandarin: 馬力 (zh), 马力 (zh) (mǎlì) Czech: koňská síla (cs) f. Dutch: (mechanische) paardenkracht (nl) Estonian: hobujõud (et) (symbol hj) Finnish: hevosvoima (fi) German: Pferdestärke (de) f. Hungarian: (gépi) lóerő (hu) Japanese: 馬力 (ja) (ばりき, bariki)

Korean: 마력 (ko) (maryeok) (馬力 (ko)) Norwegian: Bokmål: hestekraft (nb) m. and f. Nynorsk: hestekraft (nn) f. Polish: koń parowy (pl) m. (symbol h.p., hp, HP) Romanian: cal-putere (ro) m. (symbol HP) Russian: лошадиная сила (ru) (lošadínaja síla) f. Swedish: hästkraft (sv) (symbol hp or bhp) Vietnamese: mã lực (vi) (馬力 (vi))

metric

Chinese: Mandarin: 馬力 (zh), 马力 (zh) (mǎlì) Croatian: konjska snaga (hr) (symbol KS) Czech: koňská síla (cs) f. (symbol ks) Danish: hestekraft (da) c. (symbol hk) Dutch: (metrieke) paardenkracht (nl) (symbol pk) Estonian: hobujõud (et) (symbol hj) Finnish: hevosvoima (fi) (symbol hv) French: cheval-vapeur (fr) m. (symbol ch) Georgian: ცხენის ძალა (cʻxenis dzala) German: Pferdestärke (de) f., (symbol) PS Hungarian: (metrikus) lóerő (hu) (symbol LE) Italian: cavallo vapore (it) (symbol CV) Japanese: 馬力 (ja) (ばりき, bariki) Korean: 마력 (ko) (maryeok) (馬力 (ko))

Macedonian: Којнска сила (mk) (symbol KC) Norwegian: hestekraft (no) (symbol hk) Bokmål: hestekraft (nb) m. and f. Nynorsk: hestekraft (nn) f. Polish: koń mechaniczny (pl) m. (symbol KM) Portuguese: cavalo de vapor (pt) (symbol CV) Romanian: cal-putere (ro) m. (symbol CP) Russian: лошадиная сила (ru) (lošadínaja síla) f. (symbol: л.с. (ru) (el-és) f.) Serbian: konjska snaga (sr) (symbol KS) Slovak: konská sila (sk) f. (symbol ks) Slovene: konjska moč (sl) (symbol KM) Spanish: caballo de vapor (es), (symbol) CV Swedish: hästkraft (sv) (symbol hk) Turkish: beygir gücü (tr)

strength

Chinese: Mandarin: 馬力 (zh), 马力 (zh) (mǎlì) Dutch: macht (nl)

Finnish: vääntövoima (fi) Russian: лошадиная сила (ru) (lošadínaja síla) f.

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Hebrew: כוח-סוס (Ko'ah Sus) also כ״ס