megawatt

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See also: mégawatt and mega-watt

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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mega- +‎ watt

Noun

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megawatt (plural megawatts)

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

Usage notes

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  • 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.

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Translations

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Czech

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Etymology

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From mega- +‎ watt.

Noun

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megawatt m inan

  1. megawatt

Declension

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Further reading

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

Danish

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Etymology

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mega- +‎ watt

Noun

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megawatt

  1. megawatt

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Dutch

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Etymology

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mega- +‎ watt

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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megawatt

  1. megawatt

Italian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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megawatt m (invariable)

  1. megawatt

References

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

Further reading

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  • megawatt in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Romanian

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Etymology

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From mega- +‎ watt.

Noun

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megawatt

  1. megawatt

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Slovak

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Etymology

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From mega- +‎ watt.

Noun

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megawatt m inan

  1. megawatt

Declension

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Further reading

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  • 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, 2024

Swedish

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Etymology

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mega- +‎ watt

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /meːɡavat/, /mɛɡavat/

Noun

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megawatt

  1. megawatt

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