Today I learned the metric equivalent of horsepower is, horsepower. You’d think someone would have come up with a better name.
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In Portuguese it’s called steam-horse (cavalo-vapor)
Never heard of anyone using it. Is it mostly used by technicians?
I think I only heard/read it once or twice, but yes, I think most shorten it to just cavalos
It’s the same in Spanish and Catalan
As far as arbitrary units of measurement go, horsepower and candlepower at least sound cool.
I had not heard of candle power before but foot-candles always gets a chuckle out of me for ridiculous name
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The metric equivalent, if you’re talking about how it’s measured in places like Europe, is kilowatts.
Watts
