Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brake horsepower

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.36 in modern English

Syllables: brake horse-pow-er
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The useful horsepower of an engine as measured at its drive shaft.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

The term refers to a method of measuring the usable power of an engine by connecting a brake to the drive shaft of the engine. Other methods have been developed but the term remains.

Usage

Inflected Forms

brake horsepowers (plural) bhp (abbreviation) b.hp. (abbreviation)

Questions

What does brake horsepower mean?: The useful horsepower of an engine as measured at its drive shaft.
Where does brake horsepower come from?: The term refers to a method of measuring the usable power of an engine by connecting a brake to the drive shaft of the engine. Other methods have been developed but the term remains.

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