kilowatt
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əˌwɒt noun
a unit of power, equal to 1000 watts. Abbreviation: kW, kw
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| —n | |
| kW one thousand watts | |
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Kilowatt
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Science Dictionary
| kilowatt (kĭl'ə-wŏt') Pronunciation Key
A unit of power equal to 1,000 watts. |
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The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Example sentences
Previous prototypes have cost thousands of dollars per kilowatt to manufacture, he says.
In its top-secret world, the coin of the realm is the kilowatt.
To produce a milliwatt of power, unfortunately, the reactor consumes a kilowatt.
Today, the industry finds that for every kilowatt of power it uses to drive a server, another kilowatt is needed to cool it.
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