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thermal horsepower

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.38 in modern English

Syllables
ther-mal horse-pow-er
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The horsepower of an electric motor, determined by the readings from a thermal-type ammeter.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The amount of power a gearbox can convey without overheating when operating continuously for three hours or more; the amount of work that a drive can perform when operating at sea level.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

thermal horsepowers (plural)

Questions

What does thermal horsepower mean?
The horsepower of an electric motor, determined by the readings from a thermal-type ammeter.

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