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meg⋅a⋅watt

  [meg-uh-wot]
–noun Electricity.
a unit of power, equal to one million watts. Abbreviation: MW
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Origin:
1895–1900; mega- + watt
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meg·a·watt   (měg'ə-wŏt')   
n.   Abbr. MW
One million watts.
meg'a·watt'age (-wŏt'ĭj) n.
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Cultural Dictionary

megawatt

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

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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: mega·watt
Pronunciation: 'meg-&-"wät
Function: noun
: one million watts —abbreviation MW
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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