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horsepower-hour

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horse⋅pow⋅er-hour

[hawrs-pou-er-ouuhr, -ou-er]
–noun
a foot-pound-second unit of energy or work, equal to the work done by a mechanism with a power output of one horsepower over a period of one hour.

Origin:
1895–1900
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horsepower-hour

noun
a unit of work equal to the work done by one horsepower in one hour 
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