KILOVOLT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kilovolt mean? 

• KILOVOLT (noun)
  The noun KILOVOLT has 1 sense:

1. a unit of potential equal to a thousand volts

  Familiarity information: KILOVOLT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KILOVOLT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A unit of potential equal to a thousand volts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

kilovolt; kV

Hypernyms ("kilovolt" is a kind of...):

potential unit (a measure of the potential energy of a unit charge at a given point in a circuit relative to a reference point (ground))

Meronyms (parts of "kilovolt"):

V; volt (a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt; equivalent to the potential difference across a resistance of 1 ohm when 1 ampere of current flows through it)

 Context examples 

Applied X-Ray Tube voltage at peak of X-ray generation, in kilovolts; Mean value if measured over multiple peaks (pulses).

(Kilovolt Peak, NCI Thesaurus/DICOM)