terawatt

noun

tera·​watt ˈter-ə-ˌwät 

: a unit of power equal to one trillion watts

Examples of terawatt in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The achievement builds on earlier work at the European XFEL, where researchers demonstrated hard-X-ray attosecond pulses at terawatt-scale power. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026

In its April 2026 assessment, the International Energy Agency projected that global data center electricity consumption would rise from 485 terawatt-hours in 2025 to about 950 in 2030. — Hani Assi, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026

The International Energy Agency projects that global data center electricity use will more than double by 2030, reaching 945 terawatt hours, which is roughly equivalent to Japan’s entire current power consumption. — Jared Franz, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026

The world must build more than 6 terawatts of renewable power in the next five years — more than all previous years combined — to deliver on a goal to triple global renewable energy capacity by 2030, according to a new report. — Chloé Farand, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Word History

Etymology

tera- + watt

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for terawatt

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

Kids Definition

terawatt

noun

tera·​watt ˈter-ə-ˌwät 

: a unit of power equal to one trillion watts