megawatt

See also: mégawatt and mega-watt

English

Alternative forms

mega-watt

Etymology

mega- +‎ watt

Noun

megawatt (plural megawatts)

One million ( 10⁶ ) watts, abbreviated as MW.

Usage notes

Attributive use modifying smile or similar nouns are due to watt as measure of the power used by a lightbulb, and hence of its brilliance, by analogy to smiles and the like.

Derived terms

Translations

one million watts

Danish: megawatt c
German: Megawatt (de) n
Norwegian:
Bokmål: megawatt m

Nynorsk: megawatt m

Swedish: megawatt (sv) c

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English megawatt, equivalent to mega- +‎ watt.

Noun

megawatt m (invariable)

megawatt

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