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Kilowatt-hour

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Noun
  1. 1
    A unit of energy equal to that provided by one kilowatt acting for one hour (3·6 × 10⁶ joules).

    "Holonyms: watt-year (31.536e6 J) < gigajoule (1.000e9 J) < megawatt-hour (3.600e9 J) < kilowatt-year (31.536e9 J) < terajoule (1.000e12 J) < gigawatt-hour (3.600e12 J) < megawatt-year (31.536e12 J) < petajoule (1.000e15 J) < terawatt-hour (3.600e15 J) < gigawatt-year (31.536e15 J) < exajoule (1.000e18 J) < petawatt-hour (3.600e18 J) < terawatt-year (31.536e18 J)"

Etymology

By surface analysis, kilowatt + hour, or, by surface analysis, kilo- + watt-hour.

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