Category:Definitions/Horsepower
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This category contains definitions related to Horsepower.
The horsepower is an FPS unit of power.
It is defined as being:
- the amount of power required to apply $550$ pounds force through a linear displacement of $1$ foot in $1$ second.
| \(\ds \) | \(\) | \(\ds 1\) | horsepower | |||||||||||
| \(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds 550\) | foot pounds force per second | |||||||||||
| \(\ds \) | \(\approx\) | \(\ds 745 \cdotp 70\) | watts | |||||||||||
| \(\ds \) | \(\approx\) | \(\ds 0 \cdotp 74570\) | kilowatts |
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