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(automotive) Initialism of brake horsepower. [The useful horsepower of an engine as measured at its drive shaft.]
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The useful horsepower of an engine as measured at its drive shaft.
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A style of smokestack on a wood-burning locomotive that has a roughly spherical top on a straight narrow stack.
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The manufacture of automobiles.
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Alternative form of conrod, abbreviation of connecting rod.
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Any rod, in an engine, that transmits power or motion, especially one that connects a reciprocating shaft to a rotating wheel, in reciprocating engines connecting piston to crankshaft
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(automotive) Abbreviation of connecting rod. [Any rod, in an engine, that transmits power or motion, especially one that connects a reciprocating shaft to a rotating wheel, in reciprocating engines connecting piston to crankshaft]
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A bar in a steam engine connecting the ends of the side rods or levers of a backaction or side-lever engine.
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A panel beneath the windshield of a vehicle or aircraft containing indicator gauges, compartments, and sometimes controls and indicator lights.
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A unit of mechanical power, equal to that required to raise one pound through a distance of one foot in one second.
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Obsolete spelling of horse power [(obsolete) a machine that used draft horses as a source of power]
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(uncountable) Power derived from the motion of a horse.
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(electricity) A unit of energy equal to the amount of work a horse is capable of delivering during an hour.
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(electrical engineering, rail transport) A measure of the maximum output, usually expressed in horsepower, that can be obtained from the motors of an electric locomotive for a period of one hour without the motors overheating.
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(chemical engineering) The amount of pressure multiplied by the volumetric flowrate.
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The distance from the kingpin to the rear axle of a semi-trailer truck, a standard measurement used in truck length restrictions on roads.
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The power exerted by a single person (analogous to horsepower.)
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(electricity) A nonmetric unit of power approximately equivalent to 745.7 watts.
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Alternative form of powertrain [The group of components in a vehicle that generate power and deliver it to the road surface, water, or air.]
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The range of operating speeds under which an engine or motor is able to operate efficiently, defined by the range from peak torque to peak horsepower (or sometimes to redline).
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The group of components in a vehicle that generate power and deliver it to the road surface, water, or air.
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(equestrianism) Often Puissance: the high-jump component of the sport of show jumping.
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A straight bar that unites moving parts of a machine, for holding parts together as a connecting rod or for transferring power as a driveshaft.
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(mechanical engineering) In an engine, the power measured in horse power delivered to a rotating shaft, which could be in a turbine, or transmission.
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The smokebox of a locomotive.
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(railways) A mechanical device for driving in the nails.
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A pole of wood or metal, used to transfer electricity from an overhead wire to power a tram, streetcar or trolley bus.
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