"megawatt" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: megawatts [plural]
Etymology: mega- + watt Etymology templates: {{af|en|mega-|watt}} mega- + watt Head templates: {{en-noun}} megawatt (plural megawatts)
  1. One million (1 000 000) watts, abbreviated as MW. Categories (topical): SI units Synonyms: mega-watt Derived forms: megawattage, megawatt-hour Translations (one million watts): 兆瓦 (zhàowǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), megawatt [masculine] (Czech), megawatt [common-gender] (Danish), megawatt (Dutch), megawatti (Finnish), mégawatt [masculine] (French), Megawatt [neuter] (German), megavatt [neuter] (Icelandic), megawatt [masculine] (Italian), megavats (Latvian), megawatt [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), megawatt [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), megawatt (Romanian), мегаватт (megavatt) [masculine] (Russian), megawatt [masculine] (Slovak), megavat (Slovene), megawati (Swahili), megawatt [common-gender] (Swedish), เมกะวัตต์ (Thai), megavat (Turkish), мегава́т (mehavát) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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