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tera-watt

tera-watt noun: one million million (10¹²) watts, abbreviated as TW.

Noun

tera-watt (plural tera-watts)

  1. One million million (10¹²) watts, abbreviated as TW.

Forms of tera-watt

pluraltera-watts
alternative formterawatt

Origin of tera-watt

From tera- + watt.

Questions about tera-watt

What does tera-watt mean?
Tera-watt means one million million (10¹²) watts, abbreviated as TW.
What part of speech is tera-watt?
Tera-watt is a noun.
What is the plural of tera-watt?
The plural of tera-watt is tera-watts.

Words near tera-watt in the dictionary

  1. tera-joules
  2. tera-ohm
  3. tera-ohms
  4. tera-volt
  5. tera-volts
  6. tera-watt
  7. teraamp
  8. teraampere
  9. teraamperes
  10. teraamps
  11. terabase

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