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kW

1000 watts.

The unit of measurement of power, heat flow, sound energy flow, DC power, active and full AC power, radiation flux and ionizing radiation energy flux in the International System of Units (SI). The prefix "kilo" denotes a multiplicity of one thousand. I.e. 1" >kilowatt= 1 * 1000 watts = 1000 watts. 

Synonyms:kilowatt