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gigawatt-years

gigawatt-years is the plural of gigawatt-year.

Meaning of gigawatt-year

Noun

gigawatt-year (plural gigawatt-years)

  1. A unit of energy equal to that provided by one gigawatt of power acting for one year (31·536 × 10¹⁵ joules).
    • Holonyms: exajoule (1.000e18 J) < petawatt-hour (3.600e18 J) < terawatt-year (31.536e18 J)

Questions about gigawatt-years

What is gigawatt-years the plural of?
Gigawatt-years is the plural of gigawatt-year.

Words near gigawatt-years in the dictionary

  1. gigawatt year
  2. gigawatt years
  3. gigawatt-hour
  4. gigawatt-hours
  5. gigawatt-year
  6. gigawatt-years
  7. gigawatts
  8. gigaword
  9. gigawords
  10. gigaxonin
  11. gigayacht

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