watt-hour-meter

Noun

(plural watt-hour meters)

A meter which measures, and registers, the amount of electricity consumed in a circuit; especially one connected to a domestic power supply for the purpose of billing

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Technically, it measures the integral of the power in the circuit with respect to time, often in terms of kilowatt-hours.

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