hp


abbreviation

Other definitions for H.P. (2 of 2)

H.P.

abbreviation
  1. Electricity. high power.

  2. high pressure.

  1. horsepower.

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How to use hp in a sentence

  • These vessels were driven by twin screws connected to twin engines of about 500 h.p.

    Submarine Warfare of To-day | Charles W. Domville-Fife
  • The motive power is supplied by two four-cylinder petrol engines of the Daimler type, each giving 36 h.p.

    The Romance of Modern Mechanism | Archibald Williams

British Dictionary definitions for HP

HP

abbreviation for
  1. British hire-purchase

  2. horsepower

  1. high pressure

  2. (in Britain) Houses of Parliament

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