megawatt

[ meg-uh-wot ]

/ ˈmɛg əˌwɒt /

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noun Electricity.

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

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Origin of megawatt

First recorded in 1895–1900; mega- + watt

Words nearby megawatt

megaton, megatonnage, megatrend, megavitamin, megavolt, megawatt, Me generation, Meges, Megger, Meghalaya, Meghan

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How to use megawatt in a sentence

The per-megawatt construction costs might be higher, at least at first.
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The duo targeted a price of $100 per megawatt hour, more than double typical energy costs.
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By that evening Texas electricity was selling for the wholesale price of $1,200 per megawatt hour, up from $30 the week before.
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In extreme weather events like last week’s freeze, prices per megawatt hour jumped from an average of around $35 to ERCOT’s maximum of $9,000.
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Prices are in dollars per megawatt hour, not dollars per megawatt.
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Arrayed over four acres, the 3,500 panels have a combined generation capacity of one megawatt.
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A 110 megawatt plant in Nevada promises 10 hours of storage.
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Megawatt 1980s and 1990s designer Adrienne Vittadini gave $250 to the RNC in 2001.
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How could she not be, with such flawlessly smooth skin, perfectly placed bone structure, and a megawatt smile to boot?
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Kirk and Michael Douglas have had parallel lives—megawatt careers, women problems, and later-in-life peace.
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British Dictionary definitions for megawatt

megawatt

/ (ˈmɛɡəˌwɒt) /

noun

one million wattsSymbol: MW

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Cultural definitions for megawatt

megawatt

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