kilowatt
Meaning
- One thousand (10³) watts, an amount of power large enough to power such things as a typical home appliance (e.g., a microwave oven, a toaster, or a hair dryer). (Consuming 1 kilowatt during a duration of 1 hour consumes 1 kilowatt-hour of energy.)
- (informal) Catachresis for kilowatt-hour.
Translations
Etymology
From kilo- + watt.
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