kilowatt

Meaning

  1. 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.)
  2. (informal) Catachresis for kilowatt-hour.

Translations

kilovat

quilovat

κιλοβάτ

kilowatt

kilowatt

κίλοβατ

kiloWatt

كيلو الواط - ألف واط

Etymology

From kilo- + watt.

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