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brake horsepower Definition

brake horsepower

noun

the actual horsepower of an engine, measured by a brake attached to the drive shaft and recorded on a dynamometer

brake horsepower Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • produce: The unit produced 34 brake horsepower at 4350 rpm.
  • get: What we want to talk about is how they managed to get 345 brake horsepower out of a 2 liter engine.

Preposition: at

  • rpm: Sixty-nine brake horsepower at 5,200 rpm, but that assumes you will hold on to 5,200rpm, and most wouldn't.

Modifies a noun

  • engine: The E63 AMG has a 6.2-litre, 507 brake horsepower engine and seven-speed auto gearbox to give a tyre-chirping 0-62mph time of 4.5sec.

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