Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One million watts.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A unit of power or activity equal to 1,000,000 watts.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One million ( 106 ) watts, abbreviated as MW.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a unit of power equal to one million watts

Etymologies

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From mega- + watt

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Examples

  • You can see the commercial potential here if you note that just one megawatt is enough power roughly 1,000 U.S. households.

    Commercializing Solar Power with Molten Salt | Inhabitat 2008

  • A megawatt is a snapshot figure, roughly equal to the amount of electricity used by 750 typical homes at any given moment.

    SFGate: Top News Stories Chronicle dbaker@sfchronicle.com (David R. Baker 2011

  • A megawatt is a snapshot figure, roughly equal to the amount of electricity needed to power 750 typical homes at any given moment.

    SFGate: Top News Stories Chronicle dbaker@sfchronicle.com (David R. Baker 2011

  • We've got the 1.6 megawatt, which is the highest performing unit.

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  • Total shipments in the third quarter of 2011 were 445 megawatt, which is at the low end of our guidance of 450 megawatt.

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  • A megawatt is a snapshot figure, roughly equal to the amount of electricity used by 750 typical homes at any given moment.

    SFGate: Top News Stories Chronicle dbaker@sfchronicle.com (David R. Baker 2011

  • A megawatt is a snapshot figure, roughly equal to the amount of electricity used by 750 houses at any given moment.

    SFGate: Top News Stories 2010

  • A megawatt is a snapshot figure, equal to the amount of electricity used by 750 typical homes at any given instant.

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  • A megawatt is a snapshot figure, roughly equal to the amount of electricity used by 750 typical homes at any given instant.

    SFGate: Top News Stories David R. Baker 2010

  • A megawatt is a snapshot figure, roughly equal to the amount of electricity used by 750 houses at any given moment.

    SFGate: Top News Stories 2010

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