"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), 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), 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)

Inflected forms

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