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Grammar : Noun
Spell : kil-uh-wot
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɪl əˌwɒt



Definition of kilowatts

Origin :
  • 1884, from kilo- + watt. Kilowatt hour is from 1892. Related: Kilowattage.
  • As in energy : noun generated power
Example sentences :
  • Motors are rated by horsepower, and generators are rated by kilowatts.
  • Extract from : « Electricity for the farm » by Frederick Irving Anderson
  • Take two kilowatts of ammoniated quinine and beat up with one very large egg—a swan's for choice.
  • Extract from : « Punch, 1917.07.04, Vol. 153, Issue No. 1 » by Various
  • Kilowatts—Your electric bill usually reads in kilowatt hours.
  • Extract from : « Electricity for the 4-H Scientist » by Eric B. Wilson
  • To convert kilowatts into horse-power add one-third; to convert horse-power into kilowatts, subtract one-fourth.
  • Extract from : « The Library of Work and Play: Mechanics, Indoors and Out » by Fred T. Hodgson
  • In size it is small, but in output it is capable of producing 100 kilowatts of electrical power.
  • Extract from : « The Radio Boys Trailing a Voice » by Allen Chapman
  • That means four hundred kilowatts on the aerial, and I guess that can plough through the worst static that ever happened.
  • Extract from : « The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass » by Allen Chapman
  • Three power houses were provided, with a total capacity of 26,500 kilowatts.
  • Extract from : « America's Munitions 1917-1918 » by Benedict Crowell
  • Steam-engines in modern practice are often rated in kilowatts instead of horse-power.
  • Extract from : « Physics » by Willis Eugene Tower
  • For convenience (as a watt is a small quantity) electricity is measured in kilowatts, or 1,000 watts.
  • Extract from : « Electricity for the farm » by Frederick Irving Anderson
  • His answer indicated that approximately a total of two billion kilowatts were available.
  • Extract from : « Invaders from the Infinite » by John Wood Campbell

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