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jaa101 t1_ja5q753 wrote

Reply to comment by shuvool in ELI5: Why does farming equipment require such low horsepower compared to your average car? by thetravelingsong

> horsepower is a measure of work done

Horsepower is a unit of power. You need to multiply it by time to get a unit of work (AKA energy).

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shuvool t1_ja5qqgt wrote

I was being overly simplistic. It's a measurement of the rate at which work is done, not the measurement of work itself

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