kilowatt

[ kil-uh-wot ]

noun

1. a unit of power, equal to 1000 watts. : kW, kw

kilowatt

/ ˈkɪləʊˌwɒt /

noun

1. one thousand watts kW

kilowatt

/ kĭl′ə-wŏt′ /

1. A unit of power equal to 1,000 watts.

kilowatt

1. One thousand watts . ( See power .)

Word History and Origins

Origin of kilowatt¹

First recorded in 1880–85; kilo- + watt

Example Sentences

Under the current rate structure, rooftop solar owners make 30 cents per kilowatt but Thursday’s proposal, according to the California Solar and Storage Association, would cut that rate to about 8 cents per kilowatt hour.

From Voice of San Diego

In order to store and deliver electricity competitively, you need a battery that costs about 20 dollars per kilowatt hour.

From MIT Technology Review

For example, traditional saunas that use steam typically take at least 10 minutes to an hour to fully heat up, and the total wattage can generally be calculated using cost per kilowatt.

From Popular-Science

The electrical system regularly failed and tenants said the landlord charged them an extra 7 cents, on top of the power company’s rate, for every kilowatt hour they used.

From ProPublica

This spike-based approach is vastly more energy efficient, which is why training the most powerful AI requires kilowatts of electricity while the brain uses just 20 watts.

From Singularity Hub 

Over the course of a year, the 75-watt incandescent uses 82 kilowatt hours of electricity, costing $11.48.

From The Daily Beast

It's going in at ten kilovolts, so that's a five billion kilowatt supply.

From Project Gutenberg

One gram of lithium hydride would give nearly fifty-eight kilowatt-hours of energy in one blast.

From Project Gutenberg

The rental charges are nominal in amount, the maximum being about 1/16 of a cent per kilowatt hour.

From Project Gutenberg

Kilowatts—Your electric bill usually reads in kilowatt hours.

From Project Gutenberg

Volts times amperes equals (watts) (kilowatt hours) (alternating current).

From Project Gutenberg