horsepower
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- noun
- /ˈhɔrsˌpaʊər/
- Specialized
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caballo de fuerza
- By early 1915, Royce's new liquid-cooled 225-horsepower V-12 "Eagle" engine was ready for testing.
- a horsepower engine
- a horsepower motor
- high horsepower
So maybe our problem here is we just need more CPU horsepower to keep our GPU fed.
- So maybe our problem here is we just need more CPU horsepower to keep our GPU fed.
- It's, you know, horsepower was not this car's strong suit.
- But more power is like more horsepower in a car.
- But all of that horsepower comes at a cost, and the first one is heat.
- The display is not great, the battery was small, but then they put a lot of horsepower in it with their top tier chip.
- There's no torque, horsepower, rust proofing.
- You have to know every single pressurized system, how long of hot fire each engine has been through the ISP, how the ISP is like the horsepower of the of the rocket.
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With 300 horsepower, this motorcycle can accelerate from 0 to 60 miles per hour in just three seconds.
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Another boy's uncle owned an eighteen-foot Lyman with a twenty-five horsepower Johnson outboard.
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How can they deliver that type of horsepower at this particular price point?
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But all of that horsepower comes at a cost, and the first one is heat.
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How much horsepower does your boat have?
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Within a vehicle size class, fuel economy and horsepower compete directly for market share.
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In these conditions, it must be almost impossible to drive a 450-horsepower car!
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The Trabi sports only between 20 and 25 horsepower, and the average British car, about 45 horsepower.
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Most boats have twin engines with horsepower ratings ranging from 100 to 500.
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The Toyota Celica has 230 horsepower, and the latest Nissan has 300 horsepower.
Academic text (1990)
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Etymology
Horsepower comes from a simple idea: engineers compared a machine's work to that of a horse, an animal used to pull heavy loads. Power means 'strength' or 'ability to do work', so horsepower tells how strong an engine is, and one horsepower is about 746 watts.