Usually means: Unit of measurement for power.
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  1. horsepower: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. horsepower: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. horsepower: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  6. Horsepower, horsepower: Wordnik
  7. horsepower: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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  9. horsepower: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  14. horsepower: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Horsepower (album), Horsepower (disambiguation), Horsepower: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  20. horsepower: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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  2. Horsepower: Energy Dictionary
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  1. horsepower: Computer Telephony & Electronics Dictionary and Glossary
  2. horsepower: Encyclopedia

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  1. Horsepower: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
  2. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (No longer online)

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  1. Horsepower: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (uncountable) Power derived from the motion of a horse.
noun:  A nonmetric 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.
noun:  A metric unit (symbol often PS from the German abbreviation), approximately equal to 735.5 watts.
noun:  (figurative, uncountable) Strength, performance capability, specs, vel sim.

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