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kilowatt-year

kilowatt-year noun: a unit of energy equal to that provided by one kilowatt of power acting for one year (31·536 × 10⁹ joules).

Noun

kilowatt-year (plural kilowatt-years)

  1. A unit of energy equal to that provided by one kilowatt of power acting for one year (31·536 × 10⁹ joules).
    • Holonyms: terajoule (1.000e12 J) < gigawatt-hour (3.600e12 J) < megawatt-year (31.536e12 J) < petajoule (1.000e15 J) < terawatt-hour (3.600e15 J) < gigawatt-year (31.536e15 J), exajoule (1.000e18 J) < petawatt-hour (3.600e18 J) < terawatt-year (31.536e18 J)
    • Meronyms: kilojoule (1.000e3 J) < watt-hour (3.600e3 J) < milliwatt-year (31.536e3 J) < megajoule (1.000e6 J) < kilowatt-hour (3.600e6 J) < watt-year (31.536e6 J) < gigajoule (1.000e9 J) < megawatt-hour (3.600e9 J)

Forms of kilowatt-year

pluralkilowatt-years

Origin of kilowatt-year

By surface analysis, kilowatt + year, or, by surface analysis, kilo- + watt-year.

Questions about kilowatt-year

What does kilowatt-year mean?
Kilowatt-year means a unit of energy equal to that provided by one kilowatt of power acting for one year (31·536 × 10⁹ joules).
What part of speech is kilowatt-year?
Kilowatt-year is a noun.
What is the plural of kilowatt-year?
The plural of kilowatt-year is kilowatt-years.

Words near kilowatt-year in the dictionary

  1. kilowatt hours
  2. kilowatt year
  3. kilowatt years
  4. kilowatt-hour
  5. kilowatt-hours
  6. kilowatt-year
  7. kilowatt-years
  8. kilowattage
  9. kilowattages
  10. kilowatts
  11. kiloword

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