megawatt

== English == === Alternative forms === mega-watt === Etymology === From mega- + watt. === Pronunciation === === Noun === megawatt (plural megawatts) 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.) Alternative form: MW (symbol) Holonyms: GW, gigawatt < TW, terawatt < PW, petawatt Meronyms: mW, milliwatt < W, watt < kW, kilowatt === Adjective === megawatt (comparative more megawatt, superlative most megawatt) (figurative) Exceptionally powerful, intense, or enormous in impact. ==== 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 ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Czech == === Etymology === From mega- + watt. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈmɛɡavat] === Noun === megawatt m inan megawatt ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “megawatt”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech) “megawatt”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 == Danish == === Etymology === mega- +‎ watt === Noun === megawatt megawatt === Further reading === “megawatt” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Etymology === From mega- +‎ watt. === Pronunciation === === Noun === megawatt megawatt == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English megawatt. By surface analysis, mega- +‎ watt. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.ɡa.vat/, /ˌmɛ.ɡaˈvat/ Rhymes: -ɛɡavat, -at === Noun === megawatt m (invariable) megawatt === References === === Further reading === megawatt in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication == Romanian == === Etymology === From mega- +‎ watt. === Noun === megawatt megawatt === Further reading === “megawatt”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026 == Slovak == === Etymology === From mega- + watt. === Noun === megawatt m inan (relational adjective megawattový) megawatt ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “megawatt”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026 == Swedish == === Etymology === mega- +‎ watt === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /meːɡavat/, /mɛɡavat/ === Noun === megawatt megawatt === Further reading === “megawatt”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)