megawatt

American

[meg-uh-wot] / ˈmɛg əˌwɒt /

noun

Electricity.

a unit of power, equal to one million watts. MW

megawatt British

/ ˈmɛɡəˌwɒt /

noun

MW. one million watts

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megawatt Cultural

A unit of power: one million watts. A typical large electrical generating plant can produce a thousand megawatts of electricity.

Etymology

Origin of megawatt

First recorded in 1895–1900; mega- + watt

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