Kilovolt
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One thousand volts. Symbol: kV or KV.
"Generators usually produce electricity at 7 kilovolts (a kilovolt is a thousand volts) to 25 kilovolts; transformers at the generators step up the voltage, to 60 kilovolts to 500 kilovolts, before sending the power into the grid."
- 2 a unit of potential equal to a thousand volts wordnet
Example
More examples"Generators usually produce electricity at 7 kilovolts (a kilovolt is a thousand volts) to 25 kilovolts; transformers at the generators step up the voltage, to 60 kilovolts to 500 kilovolts, before sending the power into the grid."
Etymology
From kilo- + volt.