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adj
Exceptionally powerful, intense, or enormous in impact.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
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.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a unit of power equal to one million watts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: power unit
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh2s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- English watt English megawatt From mega- + watt.
Across languages
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
