megawatt
nounUK /ˈmeɡ.ə.wɒt/
US /ˈmeɡ.ə.wɑːt/
A megawatt is a big unit used to measure how much electricity is made or used.
The new wind farm can produce enough power for thousands of homes, about 50 megawatts in total.
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2. A measure of the rate at which a power station generates electricity.
The coal plant was upgraded from 300 to 500 megawatts.
3. A unit used in physics to express large amounts of power, equal to one million joules per second.
The laser pulse briefly reached several megawatts of peak power.
4. Informal shorthand for a very large amount of energy or effort.
Her speech gave the team a megawatt of motivation.