"kilowatt-hour" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: kilowatt-hours [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} kilowatt-hour (plural kilowatt-hours)
  1. (electricity) A unit of energy equal to that done by one kilowatt acting for one hour. Categories (topical): Electricity, Energy Synonyms (units of electricity): kWh, kW-hr, kWhr Coordinate_terms: TWyr (alt: terawatt-year), TW-yr (terawatt-year) (alt: terawatt-year) Translations (unit of energy): кілава́т-гадзі́на (kilavát-hadzína) [feminine] (Belarusian), килова́тча́с (kilovátčás) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 千瓦時 (Chinese Mandarin), 千瓦时 (qiānwǎshí) (Chinese Mandarin), 千瓦小時 (Chinese Mandarin), 千瓦小时 (qiānwǎ xiǎoshí) (Chinese Mandarin), (dù) (Chinese Mandarin), kilowatthodina [feminine] (Czech), kilowatt-time [common-gender] (Danish), kilowattime [common-gender] (Danish), kilowattitunti (Finnish), kilowatt-heure [masculine] (French), kilowattheure [masculine] (French), Kilowattstunde [feminine] (German), κιλοβατώρα (kilovatóra) [feminine] (Greek), kilowattóra (Hungarian), kílóvattstund [feminine] (Icelandic), chilowattora [masculine] (Italian), キロワット時 (kirowattoji) (Japanese), ໜ່ວຍ (nuāi) (Lao), kilovatstunda [feminine] (Latvian), киловат-час (kilovat-čas) [masculine] (Macedonian), kilowattime [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kilowatt-time [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kilowattime [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kilowatt-time [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kilowatogodzina [feminine] (Polish), quilowatt-hora [masculine] (Portuguese), kilowatt-oră [masculine] (Romanian), килова́тт-час (kilovátt-čas) [masculine] (Russian), kilovatio-hora [masculine] (Spanish), kilowattimme [common-gender] (Swedish), kilovat saat (Turkish), кілова́т-годи́на (kilovát-hodýna) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "unit of energy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kilowatt-time"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "unit of energy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kilowattime"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "unit of energy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kilowatt-time"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "unit of energy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kilowatogodzina"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "unit of energy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quilowatt-hora"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "unit of energy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kilowatt-oră"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kilovátt-čas",
      "sense": "unit of energy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "килова́тт-час"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unit of energy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kilovatio-hora"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "unit of energy",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kilowattimme"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "unit of energy",
      "word": "kilovat saat"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kilovát-hodýna",
      "sense": "unit of energy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кілова́т-годи́на"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kilowatt-hour"
}

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