megawatt
megawatt · megawatts
One million watts, an amount of power large enough to power such things as an entire…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.)
US/mˈɛɡəwˌɑt/
Meaning
1 sensesOne 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
Meronyms: mW, milliwatt < W, watt < kW, kilowatt
More definitions
- a unit of power equal to one million watts