hourly rating
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.64 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A measure of the maximum output, usually expressed in horsepower, that can be obtained from the motors of an electric locomotive for a period of one hour without the motors overheating.
Example Sentences
- "The year 1926 saw the putting in service of the first of the magnificent 1-Co-Co-1 locomotives of Type Ae 6/8, which at the time of their construction, with their hourly rating of 4,500 h.p., were the most powerful single electric locomotive units in the world."