"watt-hour" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: watt-hours [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} watt-hour (plural watt-hours)
  1. A unit of electrical energy equal to the power of one watt in use for one hour; often used as a unit of electricity consumption. Equal to 3600 joule. Wikipedia link: watt-hour Translations (unit of electrical energy equal to the power of one watt in use for one hour): ва́тча́с (vátčás) [masculine] (Bulgarian), watthodina [feminine] (Czech), wattitunti (Finnish), wattheure [masculine] (French), Wattstunde [feminine] (German), βατώρα (vatóra) [feminine] (Greek), vatuair [feminine] (Irish)

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