megawatt

noun

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

Examples of megawatt in a Sentence

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The deal allows Google to invest in and purchase renewable energy credits from EnergyRe, a renewable energy developer, with a portfolio of more than 600 megawatts of new solar and solar with storage projects being developed in South Carolina. Sydney Sasser, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2025 This would be followed by a pilot power plant, Infinity Two, intended to produce 350 megawatts of electricity for the grid. Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025 Now add San Diego at the peak of a record-breaking heat wave, when demand shot past 5,000 megawatts and the grid nearly buckled. Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025 The data center uses 450 megawatts of power and when the second data center is online, the site will be using 900 megawats of power. Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 23 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 30 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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