megawatt

See also: mégawatt and mega-watt

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

mega- +‎ watt

Noun

megawatt (plural megawatts)

  1. One million (1 000 000) watts, abbreviated as MW.

Usage notes
  • Attributive use modifying smile or similar nouns are due to watt as measure of the power used by a lightbulb, and hence of its brilliance, by analogy to smiles and the like.

Derived terms

Translations

Czech

Etymology

From mega- +‎ watt.

Noun

megawatt m inan

  1. megawatt

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading
  • megawatt in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • megawatt in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

mega- +‎ watt

Noun

megawatt

  1. megawatt

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

mega- +‎ watt

Pronunciation
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Noun

megawatt

  1. megawatt

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English megawatt. By surface analysis, mega- +‎ watt.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.ɡa.vat/, /ˌmɛ.ɡaˈvat/[1][2]
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡavat, -at

Noun

megawatt m (invariable)

  1. megawatt

References
  1. megawatt in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. megawatt in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Further reading
  • megawatt in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Romanian

Etymology

mega- +‎ watt

Noun

megawatt

  1. megawatt

Further reading

Slovak

Etymology

From mega- +‎ watt.

Noun

megawatt m inan

  1. megawatt

Further reading
  • megawatt in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Swedish

Etymology

mega- +‎ watt

Noun

megawatt

  1. megawatt

Further reading
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