negawatt

== English == === Etymology === Coined by Amory Lovins, chairman of the Rocky Mountain Institute as a contraction of negative watt on the model of similar compounds like megawatt, by surface analysis, nega- +‎ watt. Lovins credited the term to a typo in a document by the Colorado Public Utilities Commission in which the word "megawatt" was misspelled. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnɛɡ.ə.wɒt/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈnɛɡ.ə.wɑt/ === Noun === negawatt (plural negawatts) (informal) A unit of saved energy. ==== Translations ====