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shaft horsepower

noun

Definition of shaft horsepower

: horsepower transmitted by an engine shaft

Examples of shaft horsepower in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

 One likely upgrade is the Army’s Improved Turbine Engine, which would increase the Apache’s horsepower to a total of 6,000 shaft horsepower. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Boeing Has a Plan to Keep the Apache Flying Into the 2060s," 30 May 2018

First Known Use of shaft horsepower

1908, in the meaning defined above

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