scopes trial: a highly publicized trial in 1925 when John Thomas Scopes violated a Tennessee state law by teaching evolution in high school; Scopes was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow; Scopes was convicted but the verdict was later reversed
trial: (law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law
kilowatt: a unit of power equal to 1000 watts