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kilovolt

American  
[kil-uh-vohlt] / ˈkɪl əˌvoʊlt /

noun

Electricity.

  1. a unit of electromotive force, equal to 1000 volts. volt. kV, kv

kilovolt British  
/ ˈkɪləʊˌvəʊlt /

noun

  1.  kV.  one thousand volts

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Etymology

Origin of kilovolt

First recorded in 1860–65; kilo- + volt 1

Example Sentences

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Meta will fund seven new natural gas power plants totaling more than 5,200 megawatts, 240 miles of 500 kilovolt transmission lines and battery energy storage across three locations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

In July 1996, some 2 million customers from Nebraska to Washington State to Baja California Norte in Mexico lost power when a 345 kilovolt line was shorted out by a tree in Idaho.

From Time Magazine Archive

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