donkeypower

noun

donkeypower

noun

Etymology From donkey + power, based on horsepower.

1

Humorous A unit of power equal to 250 watts, or about one-third of a horsepower.

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.2020 December 27, Paul Anthony Jones, “Donkeypower”, in Haggard Hawks:

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