Kilovolt

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a unit of potential equal to a thousand volts wordnet

Synonyms

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kv

Example

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"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.

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