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Antonyms for horsepower
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : hawrs-pou-er |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɔrsˌpaʊ ər |
Definition of horsepower
Origin :- 1806, from horse (n.) + power (n.); established by Watt as the power needed to lift 33,000 pounds one foot in one minute, which is actually about 1.5 times the power of a strong horse.
- As in power : noun physical ability, capacity
- As in propulsion : noun force
- As in energy : noun generated power
- As in force : noun physical energy, power
- The motor is a double-cylinder two-cycle one, of ten horsepower.
- Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Motor-boat » by Victor Appleton
- And I will measure the energy I use in terms of sun-powers, not horsepower.
- Extract from : « Invaders from the Infinite » by John Wood Campbell
- In fact, nothing but a machine of horsepower could have accomplished that.
- Extract from : « The Desert Home » by Mayne Reid
- Geilsgrefte, horsepower, was best exerted by a horse, he thought.
- Extract from : « Blind Man's Lantern » by Allen Kim Lang
- But let us take five horsepower as a desirable minimum in this instance.
- Extract from : « Electricity for the farm » by Frederick Irving Anderson
- Motors are rated by horsepower, and generators are rated by kilowatts.
- Extract from : « Electricity for the farm » by Frederick Irving Anderson
- But the Gomez-Dep roadster had seventy horsepower, and sang songs.
- Extract from : « Free Air » by Sinclair Lewis
- We're like a liner alongside of her, and we've only got forty horsepower.
- Extract from : « A Son Of The Sun » by Jack London
- The best her forty horsepower could do was to ease the strain.
- Extract from : « A Son Of The Sun » by Jack London
- Then, he is a hundred horsepower or more; and as General of the Army, long may he live!
- Extract from : « Across America » by James F. Rusling
Synonyms for horsepower
- application
- applied force
- arm
- brawn
- brunt
- burn
- clout
- coercion
- compulsion
- conductivity
- conscription
- constrait
- current
- draft
- drive
- duress
- dynamism
- effort
- electricity
- energy
- enforcement
- exaction
- extortion
- force
- forcefulness
- friction
- full head of steam
- fury
- gravity
- heat
- horsepower
- impact
- impetus
- impulse
- intensity
- juice
- kilowatts
- magnetism
- mechanical energy
- might
- momentum
- muscle
- omnipotence
- pains
- potency
- potential
- pow
- power
- pressure
- puissance
- punch
- push
- radioactivity
- rays
- reaction
- response
- service
- sinew
- sock
- speed
- steam
- stimulus
- strain
- strength
- stress
- strong arm
- stuff
- subjection
- tension
- thrust
- trouble
- velocity
- vigor
- vim
- violence
- virtue
- voltage
- wattage
- weight
- what it takes
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