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gigawatt year

gigawatt year is the alternative spelling 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)

Forms of gigawatt year

pluralgigawatt years

Questions about gigawatt year

What is gigawatt year the alternative spelling of?
Gigawatt year is the alternative spelling of gigawatt-year.

Words near gigawatt year in the dictionary

  1. gigavolt
  2. gigavolts
  3. gigawatt
  4. gigawatt hour
  5. gigawatt hours
  6. gigawatt year
  7. gigawatt years
  8. gigawatt-hour
  9. gigawatt-hours
  10. gigawatt-year
  11. gigawatt-years

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