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megawatts

megawatts is the plural of megawatt.

Meaning of megawatt

Noun

megawatt (plural megawatts)

  1. One million (1 000 000) watts, an amount of power large enough to power such things as an entire commercial building or a small passenger aircraft. (Consuming 1 megawatt during a duration of 1 hour consumes 1 megawatt-hour of energy.)
    • Holonyms: GW, gigawatt < TW, terawatt < PW, petawatt

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Questions about megawatts

What is megawatts the plural of?
Megawatts is the plural of megawatt.

Words near megawatts in the dictionary

  1. megawatt-hours
  2. megawatt-year
  3. megawatt-years
  4. megawattage
  5. megawattages
  6. megawatts
  7. megawealth
  8. megawealthy
  9. megaweapon
  10. megaweapons
  11. megawhaleback

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