megawatt

noun

mega·​watt ˈme-gə-ˌwät 

: one million watts

Examples of megawatt in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The company expects the facility to generate 50 megawatts of electricity, with a site expected to be selected later this year. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2026

The regulations, which were approved in June, define hyperscale data centers as those that occupy more than 250,000 gross square feet or draw more than 75 megawatts of power from the electric grid. — Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 4 Aug. 2026

The Crisis Nobody's Putting on a Conference Stage While the headlines chase megawatts, the real problem is quietly compounding. — Louis Mosca, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

The project’s batteries would have stored 350 megawatts, enough electricity to power 262,500 homes for four hours. — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2026

Word History

Etymology

mega- + watt

First Known Use

circa 1900, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for megawatt

• aeronaut
• aforethought
• afterthought
• apricot
• argonaut
• astronaut
• camelot
• coffeepot
• concordat
• cosmonaut
• entrepot
• flowerpot

Medical Definition

megawatt

noun

mega·​watt ˈmeg-ə-ˌwät 

: one million watts

—abbreviation MW