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megawatt

[meg-uh-wot]

meg·a·watt

[meg-uh-wot]
noun Electricity.
a unit of power, equal to one million watts. Abbreviation: MW

Origin:
1895–1900; mega- + watt
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megawatt (ˈmɛɡəˌwɒt)
 
n
MW one million watts

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megawatt definition


A unit of power: one million watts. A typical large electrical generating plant can produce a thousand megawatts of electricity.

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