b. Below an average or a standard: low wages; a low level of communication. c. Ranked near the beginning of an ascending series or scale: a low number; a low grade of oil. d. Relating to or being latitudes nearest to the equator. e. Relatively small. Used of a cost, price, or ...
due to increased risk (per the Standard and Poor’s ratings agency). The cost per kilowatt-hour just for construction, for an eighty-five percent plant output average, would be 13.8 cents per kWh over forty years.