megawatt
Meanings
noun
- One million (1 000 000) watts, an amount of power large enough to power such things as an entire commercial building or a small passenger aircraft. (Consuming 1 megawatt during a duration of 1 hour consumes 1 megawatt-hour of energy.)
adj
- Exceptionally powerful, intense, or enormous in impact.
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Etymology
From mega- + watt.
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