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The kilowatt (symbol: kW) is a unit for measuring power, equal to one thousand watts. A kilowatt is roughly equivalent to 1.34 horsepower. In physics and metrology, units are standards for measurement of physical quantities that need clear definitions to be useful. ... // Mechanical power In physics, power (symbol: P) is the amount of work W done per unit of time t. ... Cardinal One thousand Ordinal 1000th Factorization Roman numeral M (mille) Unicode representation of Roman numeral Ⅿ, ⅿ, ↀ prefixes chilia- (from Greek) milli- (from Latin) Binary 1111101000 Hexadecimal 3E8 1000 is the natural number following 999 and preceding 1001. ... The watt (symbol: W) is the SI derived unit for power. ... The horsepower (hp) is the name of several non-metric units of power. ...


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