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petawatts

petawatts is the plural of petawatt.

Meaning of petawatt

Noun

petawatt (plural petawatts)

  1. An SI unit of power equal to 10¹⁵ watts. Symbol: PW. An amount of power much larger than all the power generated by all power stations on Earth. (Consuming 1 petawatt during a duration of 1 hour would consume 1 petawatt-hour of energy.)
    • Meronyms: mW, milliwatt < W, watt < kW, kilowatt < MW, megawatt < GW, gigawatt < TW, terawatt

Questions about petawatts

What is petawatts the plural of?
Petawatts is the plural of petawatt.

Words near petawatts in the dictionary

  1. petawatt
  2. petawatt hour
  3. petawatt hours
  4. petawatt-hour
  5. petawatt-hours
  6. petawatts
  7. Petawawa
  8. PETC
  9. petcare
  10. petchah
  11. petcharies

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