donkey powerとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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donkey power

1. (humorous) A unit of power equal to 250 watts, or about one third of a horsepower.

   Coordinate term: horsepower

   The Yugo car was famous for how anemic its engine was, but its output sounded more impressive when reported in donkey power.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: motive power provided by one or more donkeys.

   Coordinate terms: horse power, manpower, humanpower

   In that era, most of the equipment in this mine was run by donkey power.

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donkeypower (plural donkeypowers or donkeypower)

1. (humorous) A unit of power equal to 250 watts, or about one-third of a horsepower.
   • 2020 December 27, Paul Anthony Jones, “Donkeypower”, in Haggard Hawks‎:

     How to talk about units of power less than 1 horsepower? Use a smaller creature, of course. Roughly 1/3rd of a single unit of horsepower—or roughly 250 watts—is now labelled one donkeypower.

Further reading

• list of humorous units of measurement § donkey power on Wikipedia.Wikipedia