kilovolt

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kilovolt

noun kilovolts · kilo-volt

One thousand volts. Symbol: kV or KV. Generators usually produce electricity at 7 kilovolts (a kilovolt is a thousand volts) to 25 kilovolts; transformers at the generators step up the voltage, to 60 kilovolts to 500 kilovolts, before sending the power into the grid.

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noun One thousand volts

한국어	킬로볼트 killobolteu
日本語	キロボルト kiroboruto
Ελληνικά	κιλοβόλτ kilovólt
Русский	килово́льт kilovólʹt

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@misc{kilovolt_2026,
  title = {kilovolt},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kilovolt},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}