Definition of "megawatt" in Englisch

noun

1. 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.)

   • Holonyms: GW, gigawatt < TW, terawatt < PW, petawatt
   • Meronyms: mW, milliwatt < W, watt < kW, kilowatt