KILOWATT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kilowatt mean? 

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

1. a unit of power equal to 1000 watts

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• KILOWATT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A unit of power equal to 1000 watts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

kilowatt; kW

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

power unit (a measure of electric power)

Meronyms (parts of "kilowatt"):

W; watt (a unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a resistance of 1 ohm)

Holonyms ("kilowatt" is a part of...):

megawatt (a unit of power equal to one million watts)

 Context examples 

A non-SI unit of energy equivalent to one kilowatt of power expended during the period of time equal to one hour.

(Kilowatt Hour, NCI Thesaurus)

However, such a speedy charge rate would require a battery to rapidly take in 400 kilowatts of energy, a feat that current vehicles cannot accomplish because it risks lithium plating (the formation of metallic lithium around the anode), which would severely deteriorate battery life.

(Modern Battery Design Can Charge Electric Car in 10 Minutes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)