petawatt
petawatt · petawatts
An SI unit of power equal to 10¹⁵ wattsAn 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.)
Meaning
1 sensesAn 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
Origin
From peta- + watt.From peta- + watt.
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Forms
plural: petawattsWord family
1 related wordsDerivedpetawatt-hour