Usually means: Power output before drivetrain losses.
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  1. brake horsepower: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. brake horsepower: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. brake horsepower: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. brake horsepower: Collins English Dictionary
  5. brake horsepower: Wordnik
  6. brake horsepower: Wiktionary
  7. brake horsepower: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. brake horsepower: Dictionary.com
  9. Brake horsepower: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. Glossary of Trucking Terms (No longer online)

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  1. brake horsepower: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (No longer online)

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  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (brake horsepower)

noun:  The useful horsepower of an engine as measured at its drive shaft.

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