megawatt

noun

mega·​watt ˈme-gə-ˌwät How to pronounce megawatt (audio)
: one million watts

Examples of megawatt in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web New York is one of the country’s largest data center markets, with around 800 megawatts of capacity currently online, much of it catering to finance and tech companies who depend on nearby computing capacity to build and trade around the clock. Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 12 May 2024 Biden, who landed at Moffett Field on Thursday evening, planned to meet and greet Silicon Valley’s tech elite at two megawatt fundraisers on Friday: one in Portola Valley at the home of venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, and the other with former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer in Palo Alto. Harriet Blair Rowan, The Mercury News, 10 May 2024 For power usage in excess of 10 megawatts a month, crypto mines will be fined $100,000. Neal Earley, arkansasonline.com, 11 Apr. 2024 In the six months since the 2023 annular eclipse, California ISO reports the amount of utility-scale solar on its system has increased by 2,030 megawatts and the total of rooftop solar (known as behind-the-meter solar) has grown by 1,420 megawatts. Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2024 Its genre could be described as modern Americana meets the ghost signal of a clear-channel megawatt station from the 1950s or ’60s. Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024 Now, the two Cook plant units at full power can produce 2360 megawatts − enough to power approximately 1.5 million homes or a city as big as Detroit. Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2024 The company claims the U9 can recharge to 80% in five minutes, but does not state exactly how, as that kind of energy transfer rate would likely require one megawatt chargers and robust internal electronics with the ability to safely handle that much incoming energy. William Roberson, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024 The company plans to add a pair of small modular reactors to the existing plant, bringing its capacity to 1,400 megawatts — enough to power more than a million homes. Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

mega- + watt

First Known Use

circa 1900, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of megawatt was circa 1900

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Cite this Entry

“Megawatt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/megawatt. Accessed 17 May. 2024.

Medical Definition

megawatt

noun
mega·​watt ˈmeg-ə-ˌwät How to pronounce megawatt (audio)
: one million watts
abbreviation MW

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