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horsepower

 noun
     
horse‧pow‧er plural horsepower [uncountable and countable] written abbreviation hp
a unit for measuring the power of an engine, or the power of an engine measured like this:
a two-hundred horsepower engine
the superior horsepower of Volkswagen
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