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Definitions: H.P. |
H.P.Noun1. A unit of power equal to 746 watts H2O n : binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | HP Hewlett-Packard. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
h.p. | English | High pressure | Geography, Meteorology & Standards |
h.p. | French | Haute pression | Geography, Meteorology & Standards |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: H.P. |
| Specialty definitions using "H.P.": crawling horror. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Cento H.P. (1915) | |
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![]() | A bad stream to ford Level party of H.P. Odessey.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | [John Bell] / H.P. Briggs R.A. 1838. H.B. Hall 1849.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | The firm also plans to install an 8,900 H.P. compressor at La Carlota and a 15,000 H.P. compressor at Baldissera. (references) | |
Among the transport companies, TGN is currently building a new compression plant in Pichanal with two turbocompressors, one of 15,000 H.P. and the other with 7,100 H.P. the company is also planning the construction of 318.5 kilometers of loop to serve the Uruguayana export pipeline. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "H.P." is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 56.67% of the time. "H.P." is used about 30 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 56.67% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Noun (common) | 43.33% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Total | 100.00% | 30 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| United Kingdom | H.P. Bulmer Holdings P.L.C. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| Language | Translations for "H.P."; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 马力。. (various references) | |
French | HP, haute pression, h.p.. (various references) | |
German | Hochdruck (high pressure, high tension, high voltage, HiVO, letterpress, letterpress printing, relief print, relief printing, surface printing, typographical printing), HD (high pressure). (various references) | |
Italian | alta pressione (high pressure), a.p. (high pressure). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 馬力 (horse-power). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ばりき (horse-power). (various references) | |
Korean | 마 .. (various references) | |
Manx | conaant maillee (H.P. agreement). (various references) | |
Russian | лошадиная сила....высокое напряжение. (various references) | |
Spanish | alta presión (high pressure), a.p. (high pressure). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® YAWL-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters ".-.-h-p" | |
-2 letters: ph. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 2E 50 2E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 00101110 01010000 00101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H . P . |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 002E 0050 002E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)42165016 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Names: Company Usage | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Abbreviations 11. Acronyms 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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