kilovolt
noun
ki·lo·volt
ˈki-lə-ˌvōlt 
ˈkē-lə-
: a unit of potential difference equal to 1000 volts
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The audit also stated 45%, or just over 1 million, of DTE's electric customers are serviced by an ungrounded 4.8 kilovolt (kV) system, which take longer to repair than 8.3 kV and 13.2 kV systems which service the rest of the grid.
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Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 24 Sep. 2024
Inject deuterium gas and crank up the voltage to 200 kilovolts, and the electric field will yank electrons off some of the atoms to create deuterons and accelerate them toward the center of the contraption.
—Adrian Cho, science.org, 18 July 2024
The Kauai electric transmission grid operates at 57.1 kilovolts, an unusual voltage that is a legacy from the island’s sugar-plantation era.
—Benjamin Kroposki, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Apr. 2024
Transformers operating at 750 kilovolts, such as the replacements needed for the transmission backbone of Ukraine’s electric grid, are produced in volume in only a few countries; these include China, India, Japan, and South Korea.
—Thomas Popik, Foreign Affairs, 3 Feb. 2023
Some sections have been upgraded to 230 kilovolt, but large sections remain.
—Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Apr. 2023
The Railbelt transmission grid consists primarily of 115 kilovolt capacity with little to no redundancy.
—Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Apr. 2023
And in the 1930s came the first circular particle accelerator—a palm-size device invented by Ernest Lawrence called the cyclotron, which could accelerate protons to about 80 kilovolts.
—Chandrashekhar Joshi, Scientific American, 1 July 2021
An article in RadioGraphics has highlighted some exciting CT techniques that do this, such as low-kilovolt imaging, which the authors describe as one of the most effective means of reducing the radiation dose for children.
—Morris Panner, Forbes, 4 May 2021
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Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 24 Sep. 2024
Inject deuterium gas and crank up the voltage to 200 kilovolts, and the electric field will yank electrons off some of the atoms to create deuterons and accelerate them toward the center of the contraption.
—Adrian Cho, science.org, 18 July 2024
The Kauai electric transmission grid operates at 57.1 kilovolts, an unusual voltage that is a legacy from the island’s sugar-plantation era.
—Benjamin Kroposki, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Apr. 2024
Transformers operating at 750 kilovolts, such as the replacements needed for the transmission backbone of Ukraine’s electric grid, are produced in volume in only a few countries; these include China, India, Japan, and South Korea.
—Thomas Popik, Foreign Affairs, 3 Feb. 2023
Some sections have been upgraded to 230 kilovolt, but large sections remain.
—Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Apr. 2023
The Railbelt transmission grid consists primarily of 115 kilovolt capacity with little to no redundancy.
—Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Apr. 2023
And in the 1930s came the first circular particle accelerator—a palm-size device invented by Ernest Lawrence called the cyclotron, which could accelerate protons to about 80 kilovolts.
—Chandrashekhar Joshi, Scientific American, 1 July 2021
An article in RadioGraphics has highlighted some exciting CT techniques that do this, such as low-kilovolt imaging, which the authors describe as one of the most effective means of reducing the radiation dose for children.
—Morris Panner, Forbes, 4 May 2021
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kilovolt
noun
ki·lo·volt
ˈkē-lə-ˌvōlt
ˈkil-ə-
: 1000 volts
Medical Definition
kilovolt
noun
ki·lo·volt
-ˌvōlt
: a unit of potential difference equal to 1000 volts
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