Synonyms for kilowatts

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kil-uh-wot

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɪl əˌwɒt

Top 10 synonyms for kilowatts

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Définition 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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