petawatt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An SI unit of power equal to 10¹⁵ watts. Symbol: PW. An amount of power much larger than all the power generated by all power stations on Earth. (Consuming 1 petawatt during a duration of 1 hour would consume 1 petawatt-hour of energy.)

Word forms

petawatt petawatts

Etymology

From peta- + watt.

Related words

mul:PW

Derived words

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