- kilowatt hour
- .kilowatt 'hourn written abbreviation kWha unit for measuring electrical power, equal to the amount of work produced by one kilowatt in one hour
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Kilowatt hour — Kil o*watt hour (Elec.) A unit of work or energy equal to that done by one kilowatt acting for one hour; approximately equal to 1.34 horse power hour. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
kilowatt-hour — n a unit of work or energy equal to that expended by one kilowatt in one hour … Medical dictionary
kilowatt-hour — kilowatt hours N COUNT A kilowatt hour is a unit of energy that is equal to the energy provided by a thousand watts in one hour … English dictionary
kilowatt-hour — [kil′ō wät΄our′, kil′ə wät΄our] n. a unit of electrical energy or work, equal to the power supplied by one kilowatt for one hour: abbrev. kWh … English World dictionary
kilowatt-hour — ► NOUN ▪ a measure of electrical energy equivalent to a power consumption of one thousand watts for one hour … English terms dictionary
Kilowatt hour — KWH redirects here. For other uses, see KWH (disambiguation). Residential electricity meter located in Canada The kilowatt hour, or kilowatt hour, (symbol kW·h, kW h or kWh) is a unit of energy equal to 1000 watt hours or 3.6 megajoules … Wikipedia
kilowatt-hour — n. a measure of electrical energy equivalent to a power consumption of 1,000 watts for one hour. Usage: Abbr.: kWh. * * * noun, pl hours [count] technical : a unit of work or energy equal to the amount produced by one kilowatt in one hour abbr.… … Useful english dictionary
kilowatt-hour — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms kilowatt hour : singular kilowatt hour plural kilowatt hours physics a unit for measuring electrical energy. The written abbreviation is kWh … English dictionary
kilowatt hour — (kW·h or KWH or kw hr) a commercial unit of electric energy. One kilowatt hour represents the amount of energy delivered at a rate of 1000 watts over a period of one hour. Since the watt is 1 joule/sec and there are 3600 seconds in an hour,… … Dictionary of units of measurement
kilowatt-hour — kilovatvalandė statusas T sritis Standartizacija ir metrologija apibrėžtis Nesisteminis elektros energijos matavimo vienetas. Žymimas kWh: 1 kWh = 3600 kJ = 3,6 MJ. atitikmenys: angl. kilowatt hour vok. Kilowattstunde, f rus. киловатт час, m… … Penkiakalbis aiškinamasis metrologijos terminų žodynas
