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Megawatt - What does it mean?

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megawatt

English

Alternative forms

* mega-watt

Noun

(en noun)
  • One million ( 106 ) watts, abbreviated as MW.

    • Usage notes

    * Attributive use modifying (smile) or similar nouns are due to (watt) as measure of the power used by a lightbulb, and hence of its brilliance, by analogy to smiles and the like.

    Derived terms

    * megawattage * megawatt-hour

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.