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hourly ratings

hourly ratings is the plural of hourly rating.

Meaning of hourly rating

Noun

hourly rating (plural hourly ratings)

  1. A measure of the maximum output, usually expressed in horsepower, that can be obtained from the motors of an electric locomotive for a period of one hour without the motors overheating.
    • The year 1926 saw the putting in service of the first of the magnificent 1-Co-Co-1 locomotives of Type Ae 6/8, which at the time of their construction, with their hourly rating of 4,500 h.p., were the most powerful single electric locomotive units in the world.1960 December, Cecil J. Allen, “Operating a mountain main line: the Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 743

Questions about hourly ratings

What is hourly ratings the plural of?
Hourly ratings is the plural of hourly rating.

Words near hourly ratings in the dictionary

  1. hourlessness
  2. hourlies
  3. hourlong
  4. hourly
  5. hourly rating
  6. hourly ratings
  7. hourly wage
  8. hourly wages
  9. Hourmazd
  10. hourplate
  11. hourplates

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