kilohour

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noun

One thousand hours. Symbol: khrs.

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Meanings

nounkilohour (plural kilohours)

plural kilohours

  1. One thousand hours. Symbol: khrs.

    On the horizontal axis we measure kilo- hours of lighting; each kilohour is 1,000 hours, the service provided by each of the first type of bulbs.

    1996, Edgar K. Browning, Mark A. Zupan, Microeconomic Theory and Applications

Origin

From kilo- + hour.

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kilohour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kilohour

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“kilohour.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kilohour. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kilohour,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kilohour.

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