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terawatt-hour

terawatt-hour noun: a unit of energy equal to that provided by one terawatt acting for one hour.

Noun

terawatt-hour (plural terawatt-hours)

  1. A unit of energy equal to that provided by one terawatt acting for one hour.
    • Holonym: terawatt-year
    • Meronyms: milliwatt-hour < watt-hour < kilowatt-hour < megawatt-hour < gigawatt-hour

Forms of terawatt-hour

pluralterawatt-hours

Origin of terawatt-hour

By surface analysis, terawatt + hour, or, by surface analysis, tera- + watt-hour.

Questions about terawatt-hour

What does terawatt-hour mean?
Terawatt-hour means a unit of energy equal to that provided by one terawatt acting for one hour.
What part of speech is terawatt-hour?
Terawatt-hour is a noun.
What is the plural of terawatt-hour?
The plural of terawatt-hour is terawatt-hours.

Words near terawatt-hour in the dictionary

  1. terawatt
  2. terawatt hour
  3. terawatt hours
  4. terawatt year
  5. terawatt years
  6. terawatt-hour
  7. terawatt-hours
  8. terawatt-year
  9. terawatt-years
  10. terawatts
  11. terazolium

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