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    Wh
    abbreviation
    watt-hour; watt-hours.
  • WH
    WH
    abbreviation
    withholding.

Wh

1 American  
Or wh,

abbreviation

  1. watt-hour; watt-hours.


WH 2 American  

abbreviation

Banking.
  1. withholding.


Example Sentences

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They go from a few hundred Wh for a few appliances to several thousand Wh to cover a whole home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

"The NIB fabricated using the optimized ZnO-templated HC as the negative electrode exhibited an energy density of 312 Wh kg-1," highlights Prof. Komaba.

From Science Daily • Nov. 13, 2023

She could tell you the difference between 100 Wh and 161 Wh, could quote the price per gigabyte of different models.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 1, 2019

Wh en I used to visit troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, I liked to ask an unexpected question: “What are you reading?”

From Washington Post • Dec. 5, 2017

She says, "Wh... what are you doing here?"

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements

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