megawatt

[meg-uh-wot]

noun Electricity.

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

Origin of megawatt

First recorded in 1895–1900; mega- + watt

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British Dictionary definitions for megawatt

megawatt

noun

one million wattsSymbol: MW

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Word Origin and History for megawatt

1900, from mega- + watt.

Culture definitions for megawatt

megawatt

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