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kilowatt hour

kilowatt hour is the alternative spelling of kilowatt-hour.

Meaning of kilowatt-hour

Noun

kilowatt-hour (plural kilowatt-hours)

  1. A unit of energy equal to that provided by one kilowatt acting for one hour (3·6 × 10⁶ joules).
    • Holonyms: watt-year (31.536e6 J) < gigajoule (1.000e9 J) < megawatt-hour (3.600e9 J) < kilowatt-year (31.536e9 J) < 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...

Forms of kilowatt hour

pluralkilowatt hours

Origin of kilowatt hour

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

Questions about kilowatt hour

What is kilowatt hour the alternative spelling of?
Kilowatt hour is the alternative spelling of kilowatt-hour.

Words near kilowatt hour in the dictionary

  1. kiloware
  2. kilowarhol
  3. kilowarhols
  4. kilowatt
  5. kilowatt alley
  6. kilowatt hour
  7. kilowatt hours
  8. kilowatt year
  9. kilowatt years
  10. kilowatt-hour
  11. kilowatt-hours

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