megawatt

noun

mega·​watt ˈme-gə-ˌwät How to pronounce megawatt (audio)
: one million watts

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Developers added 4,908 megawatts of battery storage capacity in the second quarter of 2025, with Arizona, California and Texas accounting for about three-quarters of that new capacity, according to a report from American Clean Power Association, an industry group. Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025 That megawatt charisma steered midnight movies deeper into the drag world. Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 3 Oct. 2025 The 16-megawatt (MW) system was completed in the city of Beihai, in China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025 Google and Entergy's partnership will cover the construction cost of Cypress Solar, a 600-megawatt and 35o-megawatt battery solar facility to be built near Pine Bluff. Sydney Sasser, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for megawatt

Word History

Etymology

mega- + watt

First Known Use

circa 1900, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of megawatt was circa 1900

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“Megawatt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/megawatt. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.

Medical Definition

megawatt

noun
mega·​watt ˈmeg-ə-ˌwät How to pronounce megawatt (audio)
: one million watts
abbreviation MW
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