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brake horsepower

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brake horsepower

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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.

noun brake horsepowers · bhp · b.hp.

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

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@misc{brake_horsepower_2026,
  title = {brake horsepower},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/brake%20horsepower},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}