brake horsepower love

brake horsepower

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The actual or useful horsepower of an engine, usually determined from the force exerted on a friction brake or dynamometer connected to the drive shaft.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The useful horsepower of an engine as measured at its drive shaft.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

The term refers to a method of measuring the usable power of an engine by connecting a brake to the drive shaft of the engine. Other methods have been developed but the term remains.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word brake horsepower.

Examples

    Sorry, no example sentences found.

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.