donkeypower
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From donkey + power, based on horsepower.
Noun
[edit]donkeypower (plural donkeypowers or donkeypower)
- (humorous) A unit of power equal to 250 watts, or about one-third of a horsepower.
- 2020 December 27, Paul Anthony Jones, “Donkeypower”, in Haggard Hawks[1]:
- How to talk about units of power less than 1 horsepower? Use a smaller creature, of course. Roughly 1/3rd of a single unit of horsepower—or roughly 250 watts—is now labelled one donkeypower.