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duckpower

noun

Etymology

From duck + power, based on horsepower.

  1. derived from possum
  2. derived from posso
  3. derived from poeir
  4. inherited from power
  5. compounded as duckpower — “duck + power”

Definitions

  1. A unit of power that is equal to approximately 0.0076 horsepower, or where 1 horsepower…

    A unit of power that is equal to approximately 0.0076 horsepower, or where 1 horsepower equals 131.2 duckpower.

    • In a nutshell, duckpower is rated using something called Kleiber’s law according to the Art of Engineering.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for duckpower. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA