kilowatt
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kilowatt
- /ˈkɪ.ləˌwɒt/
- /ˈkiə.ləˌwɒt/
noun kilowatts · kilo-watt
- One thousand (10³) watts, an amount of power large enough to power such things as a typical home appliance (e.g., a microwave oven, a toaster, or a hair dryer). (Consuming 1 kilowatt during a duration of 1 hour consumes 1 kilowatt-hour of energy.) Holonyms: MW, megawatt < GW, gigawatt < TW, terawatt < PW, petawatt
- Catachresis for kilowatt-hour.
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Talk about this word "kilowatt." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kilowatt. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. kilowatt. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/kilowatt "kilowatt." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kilowatt.Cite this
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title = {kilowatt},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kilowatt},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
