megawatt
noun
mega·watt
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Definition of megawatt
: one million watts
Examples of megawatt in a Sentence
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But this fall is especially rich in big, audacious bets on original films that will try to invigorate movie theaters with the most time-tested of methods: megawatt movie stars, genre twists, innovation. — Washington Post, "Fall Movie Preview: Hollywood goes all-in on original films," 27 Aug. 2019 But the two 376 megawatt (MW) turbines at the Inland Empire Energy Center (IEEC) outside of Riverside, California, are not built to play well with the increasing amount of renewable energy on California's grid. — Megan Geuss, Ars Technica, "A 10-year-old natural gas plant in California gets the coal plant treatment," 26 June 2019 Once the North Texas region broke 100 degrees, real-time prices were $156 a megawatt hour. — Kara Carlson, Dallas News, "Vistra Energy CEO tells Wall Street it's undervaluing the electricity producer," 2 Aug. 2019 One megawatt is enough to power about 200 homes during a hot summer day in Texas. — L.m. Sixel, Houston Chronicle, "Texas power prices will drop this year, government says," 9 Aug. 2019 One megawatt is enough to supply about 250 homes with power. — Ryan Randazzo, azcentral, "Cool weather cuts into APS' profits in 2nd quarter of 2019, erasing 1st-quarter gains," 8 Aug. 2019 Los Angeles and its neighbors later agreed to build a 1,200-megawatt gas plant at the Intermountain site, before LADWP decided the facility should be downsized to 840 megawatts. — Los Angeles Times, "Los Angeles is finally ditching coal — and replacing it with another polluting fuel," 16 July 2019 Losharik’s reactor generated just five megawatts, the RBMK reactor at Chernobyl was much more powerful and used much more nuclear material to generate up to 3,200 megawatts. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Russian Navy Claims Sailors Prevented 'Planetary Catastrophe'," 10 July 2019 One megawatt provides enough electricity for about 200 homes. — Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, "Here comes the sun: Colorado communities organizing to tap solar resources," 6 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'megawatt.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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megawatt
noun
English Language Learners Definition of megawatt
: a unit of electrical power equal to one million watts
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megawatt
noun
mega·watt
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Medical Definition of megawatt
: one million watts
—abbreviation MW