terawatt

noun

tera·​watt ˈter-ə-ˌwät How to pronounce terawatt (audio)
: a unit of power equal to one trillion watts

Examples of terawatt in a Sentence

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The project’s name comes from the fact that its overarching goal is to produce 1 terawatt (1 trillion watts) of AI computing capacity per year. Rob Toews, Forbes.com, 22 June 2026 Those include partnering to develop digital workflows and their joint-ownership in the Terafab facility that plans to produce a gigantic one terawatt a year in compute hardware. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 20 June 2026 Terafab would eventually produce enough chips for 1 terawatt of compute each year. Andrea Leinfelder, Houston Chronicle, 6 May 2026 The Terafab project — which has a mind-boggling goal to supply 1 terawatt of annual computing capacity — is the latest ambitious undertaking by Musk. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for terawatt

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Etymology

tera- + watt

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of terawatt was in 1970

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“Terawatt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terawatt. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.

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terawatt

noun
tera·​watt ˈter-ə-ˌwät How to pronounce terawatt (audio)
: a unit of power equal to one trillion watts
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