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brake horsepower

brake horsepower noun: the useful horsepower of an engine as measured at its drive shaft.

Noun

brake horsepower (countable and uncountable, plural brake horsepowers, abbreviation bhp or b.hp.)

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

brake horsepower meaning in Tamil

brake horsepower in Tamil

தடை பரித்திறன்

Forms of brake horsepower

pluralbrake horsepowers
abbreviationbhp
abbreviationb.hp.

Origin of brake horsepower

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.

Questions about brake horsepower

What does brake horsepower mean?
Brake horsepower means the useful horsepower of an engine as measured at its drive shaft.
What is brake horsepower in Tamil?
Brake horsepower in Tamil is தடை பரித்திறன். See Brake horsepower meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is brake horsepower?
Brake horsepower is a noun.
What is the plural of brake horsepower?
The plural of brake horsepower is brake horsepowers.

Words near brake horsepower in the dictionary

  1. brake dust
  2. brake fade
  3. brake fluid
  4. brake fluids
  5. brake gear
  6. brake horsepower
  7. brake horsepowers
  8. brake light
  9. brake lights
  10. brake line
  11. brake lines

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Adapted from Wiktionary: brake horsepower (page history and authors); brake horsepower (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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