horsepower
Isaac Kremer/ January 14, 2018/ / 0 comments
Unit of the rate of work – 33,000 pounds lifted one foot in one minute; applied to a boiler, the rating indicates the amount and pressure of steam that will drive an engine to perform at that rate; applied to an electric motor, a horsepower requires 745,941 watts. 2. A unit of power equal to 550 foot-pounds per second or 745.7 watts. Abbr.: hp. (Saylor, 1952)