kilowatt hours
1kilowatt-hour — kilowatt hours N COUNT A kilowatt hour is a unit of energy that is equal to the energy provided by a thousand watts in one hour …
2Kilowatt hour — KWH redirects here. For other uses, see KWH (disambiguation). Residential electricity meter located in Canada The kilowatt hour, or kilowatt hour, (symbol kW·h, kW h or kWh) is a unit of energy equal to 1000 watt hours or 3.6 megajoules …
3kilowatt year — (kW·yr) a commercial unit of electric energy. One kilowatt year represents the amount of energy delivered at a rate of 1000 watts over a period of one year. This equals 8760 kilowatt hours for an ordinary (365 day) year or 8784 kilowatt hours… …
4kilowatt-hour — n. a measure of electrical energy equivalent to a power consumption of 1,000 watts for one hour. Usage: Abbr.: kWh. * * * noun, pl hours [count] technical : a unit of work or energy equal to the amount produced by one kilowatt in one hour abbr.… …
5kilowatt-hour — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms kilowatt hour : singular kilowatt hour plural kilowatt hours physics a unit for measuring electrical energy. The written abbreviation is kWh …
6kilowatt-hour — /kil euh wot oweur , ow euhr/, n. a unit of energy, equivalent to the energy transferred or expended in one hour by one kilowatt of power; approximately 1.34 horsepower hours. Abbr.: kWh, kwhr [1890 95] * * * …
7kilowatt-hour — kil′owatt hour′ n. elm a unit of energy, equivalent to the energy transferred or expended in one hour by one kilowatt of power; approximately 1.34 horsepower hours Abbr.: kWh,kwh • Etymology: 1890–95 …
8Electricity meter — Typical North American domestic analog electricity meter …
9Plug-in hybrid — The Chevrolet Volt is the first mass production plug in hybrid available in the United States. A plug in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), plug in hybrid vehicle (PHV), or plug in hybrid is a hybrid vehicle which utilizes rechargeable batteries, or …
10steel — steellike, adj. /steel/, n. 1. any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying …
