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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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 | Wthornton@al.com, 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 2019 The technology measures only a customer’s overall kilowatt hours, not usage from individual appliances. — David Taylor, Houston Chronicle, "Installation of new ‘smart’ meters by Entergy inching closer," 18 July 2019 The typical American home uses about 7,200 kilowatt-hours of electricity a year. — Dallas News, "Why Facebook is investing in a huge solar farm in Texas that'll cost $416 million," 5 June 2019 In 2016 the station achieved its fourth record-setting generation year in five years, pushing 9.6 billion kilowatt hours to regional power customers. — The Seattle Times, "Northwest leans on good project management for success," 21 Aug. 2018 The Taycan will be propelled by a 90 kilowatt-hours battery pack hidden in the floor powering a pair of electric motors. — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, "Porsche CEO: Newly renamed Taycan electric sedan drawing 'exceptional' interest," 8 June 2018These 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
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