kilowatt
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kilo·watt
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Definition of kilowatt
: 1000 watts
Examples of kilowatt in a Sentence
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Residential customers of CenterPoint, the regulated utility that distributes most of the electricity in the Houston area, will pay an extra $6.34 a month for transmission and distribution charges on 1,000 kilowatt-hours of power. — L.m. Sixel, Houston Chronicle, "Electricity costs more in Houston as transmission, distribution charges rise," 3 Sep. 2019 Rowena Adams of Johnson Controls expects the array, which can produce up to 75 kilowatt hours of energy, to provide half of the power for the water treatment plant annually. — Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, "The small Colorado town of Walden, in oil and gas country, has a new solar array. And it floats.," 1 Sep. 2019 Participants in the program pay a few extra cents per kilowatt-hour for electricity in order to fund a wind park on the shores of Lake Huron as well as solar parks located in Detroit and in Lapeer, Michigan, according to DTE's website. — Ryan Prior, CNN, "The Detroit Zoo plans to be entirely powered by renewable energy by 2021," 24 Aug. 2019 Kuhn Schweitz said that making the trip from quarry to cement factory 20 times in one day produces a surplus of 200 kilowatt-hours of energy (or 77 megawatt-hours per year). — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, "The World's Largest Electric Vehicle Is a Dump Truck," 21 Aug. 2019 More Solar Power To power the households, the road was expected to generate 790 kilowatt-hours per day, but that failed. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "Three Years Later, the French Solar Road Is a Total Flop," 16 Aug. 2019 Today, electric vehicle batteries cost about $176 per kilowatt-hour, which translates to about one-third of the price of the entire car. — Gene Berdichevsky For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, "The electric car revolution will require us to build better batteries," 14 Aug. 2019 The average American wastes about 283 kilowatt hours of energy each month – enough to run an electric oven for six days at 350 degrees. — William Thornton | [email protected], al, "Here’s how to cut down on your utility expenses," 30 July 2019 Last year America’s power sector generated 4.2bn kilowatt-hours of electricity and 1.8bn tonnes of carbon dioxide (a third of America’s total). — The Economist, "Can American utilities profit from the energy transition?," 25 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'kilowatt.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for kilowatt
kilowatt
noun
English Language Learners Definition of kilowatt
: a unit of electrical power equal to 1,000 watts
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kilowatt
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kilo·watt
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Kids Definition of kilowatt
: a unit of electrical power equal to 1000 watts
kilowatt
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kilo·watt
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Medical Definition of kilowatt
: 1000 watts