"megawatt-hour" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: megawatt-hours [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} megawatt-hour (plural megawatt-hours)
  1. A unit of energy, especially of electrical energy, equal to that done by one megawatt acting for one hour (abbreviation: MWh). Categories (topical): Energy Synonyms: megawatt hour Translations (unit of energy): megawatt-time [common-gender] (Danish), megawattitunti (Finnish), mégawattheure [masculine] (French), Megawattstunde [feminine] (German), μεγαβατώρα (megavatóra) [feminine] (Greek), megawattora [masculine] (Italian), megawattime [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), megawattime [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), megawattimme [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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