horsepower

horsepower

1. (mittayksikkö) hevosvoima

Liittyvät sanat: hp

Synonyymisanakirja

horsepower

voiman yksikkö, hevosvoima, hv.

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Englannin sanakirja

horsepower (englanti > suomi)

1. hevosvoima

2. hevosvoima (symbol hv)

3. vääntövoima

horsepower englanniksi

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. 2012 March 22nd, David Blockley, Engineering: w:Very Short Introductions|A Very Short Introduction (309), (w), ISBN 9780199578696, chapter 2: “The age of gravity – time for work”, page 20:

In the past, before the widespread adoption of SI units, the work that engines were capable of doing was compared with the work that horses could do – hence the term ‘horsepower’. Various people came up with various equivalencies, but the modern agreed definition is that 1 horsepower is 746 joules per second or 746 watts.

3. A metric horsepower (symbol often PS from the German abbreviation), approximately equal to 735.5 watts.

4. strength Strength

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