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Examples of kilowatt in a Sentence
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According to the commission’s fact sheet, that translates to a reduction of about 5 cents to 7 cents per kilowatt hour for all residential customers.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
What’s more, the system promises to consume only 500 kilowatts of total power.
—Anna Herr, IEEE Spectrum, 15 May 2024
Most of the money will go to EV owners, leaving just pennies per kilowatt for intermediaries selling power to grids, but across millions of EVs, that would add up.
—Nick Carey and Victoria Waldersee, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Apr. 2024
Manufacturing automobile parts, for instance, requires optical powers on the order of kilowatts.
—Susumu Noda, IEEE Spectrum, 14 Apr. 2024
The charging rate would start at 50 cents per kilowatt hour and couldn’t rise without city approval.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2024
The average price per kilowatt hour of electricity for California's big three utilities — Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric — is about 36 cents, compared to the national average of 17 cents.
—Adam Beam, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
The human brain consumes about 0.3 kilowatt hours daily by burning calories, compared to about 10 kilowatt hours daily for the average H100.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2024
Pathfinder 1 has a hybrid propulsion system, with two 150 kilowatt diesel generators working alongside 24 batteries to provide power for the electric motors, according to a recent presentation by LTA’s CEO, Alan Weston.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Oct. 2023
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First Known Use
1884, in the meaning defined above
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“Kilowatt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kilowatt. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
kilowatt
noun
kilo·watt
ˈkil-ə-ˌwät
: 1000 watts
Medical Definition
kilowatt
noun
kilo·watt
ˈkil-ə-ˌwät
: 1000 watts
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