Horsepower
noun
A unit of power based on the power produced by a horse pulling.
He bought a car with 300 horsepower.
Often appears as...
- engine horsepower
- brake horsepower
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Technical
noun
The power that a machine or vehicle has.
Their latest model is a real monster with over 500 horsepower.
Often appears as...
- car horsepower
- engine horsepower
noun
A unit of power based on the power produced by a horse pulling.
He bought a car with 300 horsepower.
Often appears as...
- engine horsepower
- brake horsepower
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The power that a machine or vehicle has.
Their latest model is a real monster with over 500 horsepower.
Often appears as...
- car horsepower
- engine horsepower
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Power Comparison
Use 'horsepower' to compare the power of engines, especially in cars, trucks, or machinery.
The tractor has 150 horsepower, making it less powerful than the 200 horsepower combine harvester.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Origin
Understand that 'horsepower' refers to an old measurement standard, dating back to when horses were essential for work.
An engine's horsepower was once a way to understand its power in terms more familiar to a society used to horses.
Pro Tip 3/3Measure of Capacity
'Horsepower' indicates an engine's capability and potential rather than the power it's currently using.
This generator's 5 horsepower means it can handle bigger loads than a 3 horsepower model.
Pro Tip 1/3Power Comparison
Use 'horsepower' to compare the power of engines, especially in cars, trucks, or machinery.
The tractor has 150 horsepower, making it less powerful than the 200 horsepower combine harvester.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Origin
Understand that 'horsepower' refers to an old measurement standard, dating back to when horses were essential for work.
An engine's horsepower was once a way to understand its power in terms more familiar to a society used to horses.
Pro Tip 3/3Measure of Capacity
'Horsepower' indicates an engine's capability and potential rather than the power it's currently using.
This generator's 5 horsepower means it can handle bigger loads than a 3 horsepower model.
Pro Tip 1/3Power Comparison
Use 'horsepower' to compare the power of engines, especially in cars, trucks, or machinery.
The tractor has 150 horsepower, making it less powerful than the 200 horsepower combine harvester.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Origin
Understand that 'horsepower' refers to an old measurement standard, dating back to when horses were essential for work.
An engine's horsepower was once a way to understand its power in terms more familiar to a society used to horses.
Pro Tip 3/3Measure of Capacity
'Horsepower' indicates an engine's capability and potential rather than the power it's currently using.
This generator's 5 horsepower means it can handle bigger loads than a 3 horsepower model.
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What's so funny about...
this little baby has a lot of horsepower it's not come comes completely conscious it's got state-of-the-art lobes we got the occipital lobe so we can actually see the world we got the temporal lobe so we can actually hear the world here we got a little bit of long-term memory so you know that night you want to forget when you got really drugged by by
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What's so funny about...
Here we go. This little baby has a lot of horsepower. It comes completely conscious. It's got state-of-the-art lobes. We've got the occipital lobe so we can actually see the world. We got the temporal lobe so we can actually hear the world. Here we've got a little bit of long-term memory,
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Last Flight PIPE Let It Ride
was joined to a total nissan for eternity when I held the reins is just something that powerful and you push it forward and it felt good and it looked in I was like a little kid in a candy store i think i'm smiling ear-to-ear put a long time so I smell that hard that's a lot of horsepower
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Hauling Illegal Liquor PIPE...
hood they installed extra carburetors which jack up the engine's capacity to burn fuel and pretty soon that wasn't enough they had to go to different engines they started putting those cadillac ambulance engines in the 40 fords trying to get all the horsepower they could
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Harley Motorcycles PIPE...
the v-rod motor puts out an awful lot of horsepower to get that horsepower from the motor to the wheels you need a good solid transmission next the lower case and transmission join the main assembly line from computer-controlled torque guns
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Small rockets are the...
So what I'm going to talk about here is, this is a power station. So if you've ever wondered what a couple of million horsepower looked like, that's pretty much what it looks like. And for me, it's always been about the rocket.
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Fire Truck Construction...
department to decide what kind of engine power plant they want and most important how much raw horsepower we are several different engines and our fire apparatus it can be either a cummings caterpillar
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Prepper Build: Ultimate...
to get away in the event of maybe being shot at that nitrous will be coming through a hose right here it'll shoot right down into the engine give it a boost take off hundred horsepower at fill
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Turning chicken feathers...
we used believe it or not a simple kitchen mixer which uses just half of a horsepower and we prevented the glycerin and biodiesel mixing with each other by designing a wet well measured cone
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Ultimate Horsepower in...
horsepower so today so I would love to see one of these guys a horse galloping slow-mo that sounds fantastic we got here and we've got street artists would you reconcile what do we have to
Video examples
What's so funny about...
this little baby has a lot of horsepower it's not come comes completely conscious it's got state-of-the-art lobes we got the occipital lobe so we can actually see the world we got the temporal lobe so we can actually hear the world here we got a little bit of long-term memory so you know that night you want to forget when you got really drugged by by
Video examples
What's so funny about...
Here we go. This little baby has a lot of horsepower. It comes completely conscious. It's got state-of-the-art lobes. We've got the occipital lobe so we can actually see the world. We got the temporal lobe so we can actually hear the world. Here we've got a little bit of long-term memory,
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Last Flight PIPE Let It Ride
was joined to a total nissan for eternity when I held the reins is just something that powerful and you push it forward and it felt good and it looked in I was like a little kid in a candy store i think i'm smiling ear-to-ear put a long time so I smell that hard that's a lot of horsepower
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Hauling Illegal Liquor PIPE...
hood they installed extra carburetors which jack up the engine's capacity to burn fuel and pretty soon that wasn't enough they had to go to different engines they started putting those cadillac ambulance engines in the 40 fords trying to get all the horsepower they could
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Harley Motorcycles PIPE...
the v-rod motor puts out an awful lot of horsepower to get that horsepower from the motor to the wheels you need a good solid transmission next the lower case and transmission join the main assembly line from computer-controlled torque guns
Video examples
Small rockets are the...
So what I'm going to talk about here is, this is a power station. So if you've ever wondered what a couple of million horsepower looked like, that's pretty much what it looks like. And for me, it's always been about the rocket.
Video examples
Fire Truck Construction...
department to decide what kind of engine power plant they want and most important how much raw horsepower we are several different engines and our fire apparatus it can be either a cummings caterpillar
Video examples
Prepper Build: Ultimate...
to get away in the event of maybe being shot at that nitrous will be coming through a hose right here it'll shoot right down into the engine give it a boost take off hundred horsepower at fill
Video examples
Turning chicken feathers...
we used believe it or not a simple kitchen mixer which uses just half of a horsepower and we prevented the glycerin and biodiesel mixing with each other by designing a wet well measured cone
Video examples
Ultimate Horsepower in...
horsepower so today so I would love to see one of these guys a horse galloping slow-mo that sounds fantastic we got here and we've got street artists would you reconcile what do we have to
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Palmer Luckey
American Businessman
VR is going to become something mainstream, but it's not going to happen right away. You just don't have the horsepower to make it happen on a device, much less a cheap enough and comfortable enough device that a normal consumer is going to want to have.
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Satoru Iwata
Japanese Businessman
Games already pretty much have reached the point of photo-realism. Working on more intense graphics is not the only path we can take anymore. Simply relying on the sheer horsepower of the machine will not bring the industry a bright future.
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Ezra Klein
American Journalist
When I first came to Washington, what I admired most was that people were just really, really smart with a tremendous amount of intellectual horsepower and the ability to look at an issue and say something fresh.
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Adam West
American Actor
My grandfather and my father had wheat ranches, so we had quite a few trucks around and a lot of mules. Talk about horsepower - we had mule power.
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Anand Mahindra
Indian Businessman
Old definitions of segments are going to get blurred. Once you defined cars by horsepower, engines. That has changed.
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Christian Horner
British Driver
Sixty points is massive, especially when you are racing a Mercedes with another 70 horsepower.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
Horses and horsepower alike are about status and being cool.
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Henry Miller
American Author
Life is 440 horsepower in a 2-cylinder engine.
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Henry J. Heinz
American Businessman
Heart power is stronger than horsepower.
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Carroll Shelby
American Designer
I love horsepower.
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Palmer Luckey
American Businessman
VR is going to become something mainstream, but it's not going to happen right away. You just don't have the horsepower to make it happen on a device, much less a cheap enough and comfortable enough device that a normal consumer is going to want to have.
Quote examples
Satoru Iwata
Japanese Businessman
Games already pretty much have reached the point of photo-realism. Working on more intense graphics is not the only path we can take anymore. Simply relying on the sheer horsepower of the machine will not bring the industry a bright future.
Quote examples
Ezra Klein
American Journalist
When I first came to Washington, what I admired most was that people were just really, really smart with a tremendous amount of intellectual horsepower and the ability to look at an issue and say something fresh.
Quote examples
Adam West
American Actor
My grandfather and my father had wheat ranches, so we had quite a few trucks around and a lot of mules. Talk about horsepower - we had mule power.
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Anand Mahindra
Indian Businessman
Old definitions of segments are going to get blurred. Once you defined cars by horsepower, engines. That has changed.
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Christian Horner
British Driver
Sixty points is massive, especially when you are racing a Mercedes with another 70 horsepower.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
Horses and horsepower alike are about status and being cool.
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Henry Miller
American Author
Life is 440 horsepower in a 2-cylinder engine.
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Henry J. Heinz
American Businessman
Heart power is stronger than horsepower.
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Carroll Shelby
American Designer
I love horsepower.
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