kilowatt
noun
- SI unit of power
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈkɪ.ləˌwɒt/ / /ˈkiə.ləˌwɒt/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English kilo- English watt English kilowatt From 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”
“Meronyms: mW, milliwatt < W, watt”
- Catachresis for kilowatt-hour.