megajoule
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of megajoule
Example Sentences
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In less than four seconds—according to butterflies let loose in my stomach—the Bentley swept past 60 mph, casually acquiring a kinetic energy of nearly one megajoule, roughly equivalent to a stick of dynamite.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
However, that 2.05 megajoule input did not represent all the energy that went into the ignition process — just the amount that inefficient lasers managed to get to the hydrogen pellet.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2022
In fact, it takes between 300 and 400 megajoules to produce a 2.1 megajoule laser beam.
From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2022
It took far more energy in total — on the scale of 300 megajoules — to produce that 3.15 megajoule result.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2022
This is an image of the record-breaking 33 megajoule test of the railgun by the U.S.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 31, 2012
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