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KILOVOLT-AMPERE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does kilovolt-ampere mean?
• KILOVOLT-AMPERE (noun)
The noun KILOVOLT-AMPERE has 1 sense:
1. a unit of electrical power equal to 1000 volt-amperes
Familiarity information: KILOVOLT-AMPERE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A unit of electrical power equal to 1000 volt-amperes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("kilovolt-ampere" is a kind of...):
power unit (a measure of electric power)
Meronyms (parts of "kilovolt-ampere"):
var; volt-ampere (a unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere)
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