| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Horsepower pull | Mining | The effort necessary to maintain the normal operating speed of a conveyor under a rated capacity load. To this must be added the effort of acceleration, drive losses, etc., to arrive at a final driving effort. Horsepower pull may be referred to in terms such as effective tension, chain pull, turning effort, gear tooth pressure, etc. See also: effective belt tension. (references) | |
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