megawatt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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
  1. Exceptionally powerful, intense, or enormous in impact.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

megawatt megawatts mega-watt more megawatt most megawatt

Etymology

From mega- + watt.

Related words

mul:MW negawatt
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