horsepower

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Power derived from the motion of a horse.

   “Shillibeer's bus came in 1829 drawn by three horses. Later two horses were found sufficient to pull these closed wagonettes, which eventually had outside seats, and later on the substitution of a motor for horsepower.”

2. isim A nonmetric unit of power with various definitions, commonly the mechanical horsepower, approximately equal to 745.7 watts.

   “As Quincy recovered from our one-block adrenaline burst, I gunned all 700 horsepower once more. Even with the pedal to the metal, the Exelero's sheer bulk caused a multisecond lag from the twin-turbo-charged V12's wind-up to actual launch.”

3. isim Metric horsepower, a metric unit approximately equal to 735.5 watts.
4. isim Strength, performance capability, specs, or similar.

   “political horsepower”