megawatt

noun

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

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One of those renewable resources is Arkansas Cypress Solar, a 600 megawatt solar photovoltaic array with a 350 megawatt battery energy storage system in Jefferson County that has not been formally announced by the company. Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2025 Each of its four reactors generates 1,300 megawatts of power. Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025 Each would house interconnected computer systems and offices and require 36 megawatts of energy to operate, Rogers said. Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025 Or is megawatt charging just overkill, as some skeptics suggest? IEEE Spectrum, 2 Sep. 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 9 Sep. 2025.

Medical Definition

megawatt

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