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horsepowerhour

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horse⋅pow⋅er-hour

  [hawrs-pou-er-ouuhr, -ou-er]
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–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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