megawatt

See also: mégawatt and mega-watt

English

Alternative forms

mega-watt

Etymology

mega- +‎ watt

Noun

megawatt (plural megawatts)

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

one million watts

Czech: megawatt m
Danish: megawatt c
Dutch: megawatt (nl)
French: mégawatt (fr) m
German: Megawatt (de) n
Italian: megawatt (it) m
Latvian: megavats
Norwegian:
Bokmål: megawatt m

Nynorsk: megawatt m

Romanian: megawatt (ro)
Russian: мегаватт (ru) m (megavatt)
Slovak: megawatt (sk) m
Slovene: megavat
Swedish: megawatt (sv) c
Turkish: megavat (tr)

Czech

Etymology

mega- +‎ watt

Noun

megawatt m

megawatt

Further reading

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

Danish

Etymology

mega- +‎ watt

Noun

megawatt

megawatt

Further reading

“megawatt” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

mega- +‎ watt

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Noun

megawatt

megawatt

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English megawatt, equivalent to mega- +‎ watt.

Noun

megawatt m (invariable)

megawatt

Further reading

megawatt in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti

Romanian

Etymology

mega- +‎ watt

Noun

megawatt

megawatt

Further reading

megawatt in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Slovak

Etymology

mega- +‎ watt

Noun

megawatt m

megawatt

Further reading

megawatt in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Swedish

Etymology

mega- +‎ watt

Noun

megawatt

megawatt

Further reading

megawatt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.

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