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megawatt

American  
[meg-uh-wot] / ˈmɛg əˌwɒt /

noun

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


megawatt British  
/ ˈmɛɡəˌwɒt /

noun

  1. MW. one million watts

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

megawatt Cultural  
  1. 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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Rivan says the cost of the methane it is making at that site is below benchmark natural-gas prices in Europe, which currently sit around 90 euros, or roughly $100, a megawatt hour.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

The current shortage of processing power on the market should increase the amount of revenue CoreWeave can earn per megawatt of power capacity over the next 24 months, Borges added.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

Plans have been submitted to South Norfolk Council for a 150 megawatt facility in Keswick on the edge of Norwich, which includes assessments of its potential environmental impact.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Parton, never dropping her megawatt smile, replied, “If you had’ve, it would have been something very natural. But I would have probably kicked your shins or something.”

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

Sasha was now about a year old, wobbling on two feet and beginning to say words and crack us up with her megawatt smiles.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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