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microwatt-hour

microwatt-hour noun: a unit of energy equal to that provided by one microwatt of power acting for one hour (3·6 × 10⁻³ joules).

Noun

microwatt-hour (plural microwatt-hours)

  1. A unit of energy equal to that provided by one microwatt of power acting for one hour (3·6 × 10⁻³ joules).
    • Holonyms: joule (1 J) < milliwatt-hour (3.6 J) < microwatt-year (31.536 J) < 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) < kilowatt-year...
    • Meronyms: yoctojoule (1.000e-24 J) < zeptojoule (1.000e-21 J) < attojoule (1.000e-18 J) < femtojoule (1.000e-15 J) < picojoule (1.000e-12 J) < nanojoule (1.000e-9 J) < microjoule (1.000e-6 J) < millijoule (1.000e-3 J)

Forms of microwatt-hour

pluralmicrowatt-hours

Origin of microwatt-hour

By surface analysis, microwatt + hour, or, by surface analysis, micro- + watt-hour.

Questions about microwatt-hour

What does microwatt-hour mean?
Microwatt-hour means a unit of energy equal to that provided by one microwatt of power acting for one hour (3·6 × 10⁻³ joules).
What part of speech is microwatt-hour?
Microwatt-hour is a noun.
What is the plural of microwatt-hour?
The plural of microwatt-hour is microwatt-hours.

Words near microwatt-hour in the dictionary

  1. microwatt
  2. microwatt hour
  3. microwatt hours
  4. microwatt year
  5. microwatt years
  6. microwatt-hour
  7. microwatt-hours
  8. microwatt-year
  9. microwatt-years
  10. microwatts
  11. microwavable

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