Kilohour

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One thousand hours. Symbol: khrs.

    "On the horizontal axis we measure kilo- hours of lighting; each kilohour is 1,000 hours, the service provided by each of the first type of bulbs."

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"On the horizontal axis we measure kilo- hours of lighting; each kilohour is 1,000 hours, the service provided by each of the first type of bulbs."

Etymology

From kilo- + hour.

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