megawatt
noun
- SI unit of power
Wiktionary
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- English watt English megawatt From mega- + watt.
- Exceptionally powerful, intense, or enormous in impact.
“I also love the way you always greet me with a megawatt smile.”
“It has been nearly 30 years since Warren's first major hit, Laura Branigan's “Solitaire,” and her mega-watt success has seldom dimmed.”
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- English watt English megawatt From mega- + watt.
- One million (1 000 000) watts, an amount of power large enough to power such things as an entire commercial building or a small passenger aircraft. (Consuming 1 megawatt during a duration of 1 hour consumes 1 megawatt-hour of energy.)
“Holonyms: GW, gigawatt < TW, terawatt < PW, petawatt”
“Meronyms: mW, milliwatt < W, watt < kW, kilowatt”