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milliwatt-hour

milliwatt-hour noun: a unit of energy equal to the power of one milliwatt being in use for one hour. It is equal to 3.6 joules.

Noun

milliwatt-hour (plural milliwatt-hours)

  1. A unit of energy equal to the power of one milliwatt being in use for one hour. It is equal to 3.6 joules.
    • Holonyms: 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 (31.536e9 J) < terajoule (1.000e12 J) <...
    • Meronyms: yoctojoule (1.000e-24 J) < zeptojoule (1.000e-21 J) < attojoule (1.000e-18 J) < hartree (4.35974e-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) < joule (1 J)

Forms of milliwatt-hour

pluralmilliwatt-hours

Origin of milliwatt-hour

By surface analysis, milliwatt + hour, or, by surface analysis, milli- + watt-hour.

Questions about milliwatt-hour

What does milliwatt-hour mean?
Milliwatt-hour means a unit of energy equal to the power of one milliwatt being in use for one hour. It is equal to 3.6 joules.
What part of speech is milliwatt-hour?
Milliwatt-hour is a noun.
What is the plural of milliwatt-hour?
The plural of milliwatt-hour is milliwatt-hours.

Words near milliwatt-hour in the dictionary

  1. milliwatt
  2. milliwatt hour
  3. milliwatt hours
  4. milliwatt year
  5. milliwatt years
  6. milliwatt-hour
  7. milliwatt-hours
  8. milliwatt-year
  9. milliwatt-years
  10. milliwatts
  11. milliweber

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