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Meaning of "megawatt" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MEGAWATT

megawatt  [ˈmɛɡəˌwɒt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MEGAWATT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Megawatt is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MEGAWATT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Watt

The watt is a derived unit of power in the International System of Units, named after the Scottish engineer James Watt. The unit, defined as one joule per second, measures the rate of energy conversion or transfer.

Definition of megawatt in the English dictionary

The definition of megawatt in the dictionary is one million watts MW.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MEGAWATT


abwatt
ˈæbˌwɒt
gigawatt
ˈdʒɪɡəˌwɒt
kilowatt
ˈkɪləʊˌwɒt
microwatt
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌwɒt
milliwatt
ˈmɪlɪˌwɒt
mostwhat
ˈməʊstˌwɒt
multimegawatt
ˌmʌltɪˈmɛɡəˌwɒt
nanowatt
ˈnænəˌwɒt
Ofwat
ˈɒfˌwɒt
somewhat
ˈsʌmˌwɒt
terawatt
ˈtɛrəˌwɒt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MEGAWATT

megasporangium
megaspore
megasporic
megasporophyll
megass
megasse
megastar
megastore
megastorm
megastructure
megatechnology
megathere
megatherian
megaton
megatonic
megatonnage
megavertebrate
megavitamin
megavolt
megawatt hour

WORDS THAT END LIKE MEGAWATT

albumblatt
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batt
blatt
Byatt
Cassatt
Evatt
forswatt
Hallstatt
matt
pratt
scatt
sceatt
semimatt
Watson-Watt
watt
Wyatt
Zermatt

Synonyms and antonyms of megawatt in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «megawatt» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MEGAWATT

Find out the translation of megawatt to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of megawatt from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «megawatt» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

兆瓦
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

megavatios
570 millions of speakers

English

megawatt
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मेगावाट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ميجاوات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

МВт
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

megawatt
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মেগাওয়াট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mégawatt
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Megawatt
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Megawatt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

メガワット
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

메가 와트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Megawatt
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

megawatt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மெகாவாட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेगावॅट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

megavat
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

megawatt
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

MW
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

МВт
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

megawatt
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μεγαβάτ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

megawatt
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

megawatt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

megawatt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of megawatt

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MEGAWATT»

The term «megawatt» is quite widely used and occupies the 46.427 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MEGAWATT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «megawatt» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «megawatt» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about megawatt

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MEGAWATT»

Discover the use of megawatt in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to megawatt and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A 50-megawatt arc heater: scaling parameters and performance ...
The Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory 50-Megawatt Electrogasdynamics Test Facility is a continuous flow, electric arc heated, hypersonic, wind tunnel for re-entry heat transfer and aerodynamic testing in air.
Richard T. Smith, Joseph P. Doyle, 1964
2
Electricity Reform Abroad and U.S. Investment
Ayee Ayee Ullum Yacyreta Transener 45 megawatt hydroelectric generator partially completed 3,200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Central San Nicolas Centrales Termicas del Litoral, S.A. Centrales Termicas Mendoza Centrales ...
3
Merry Christmas, America!: Megawatt Displays Across the U.S.A.
And what compels this Christmas-decorating fervor? Author Bruce Littlefield finds the answers on his quest to locate the most spectacular Christmas displays across America.
Bruce Littlefield, 2007
4
Fostering Competition in China's Power Markets
Market B pays market A $13 a megawatt-hour, providing market A with $3 a megawatt-hour above its actual costs and saving market B $3 a megawatt- hour. Implementing spot energy transactions with the next-lowest sell quote. The process ...
Noureddine Berrah, Ranjit Lamech, Jianping Zhao, 2001
5
Merchant Power: A Basic Guide
Merchant Power: A Basic Guide CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION Current and Expected Power Plant Licensing Cases Three Mountain Power 500 megawatt Location: Shasta County Proponent Ogden Power Pacific AFC Filed Spring ...
Ann Chambers, 1999
6
Energy Risk Assessment
D-2 Light-Water Nuclear Electrical Production System Risk (per megawatt-year net electrical output) 81 E-l Materials Required for 1000 Megawatt (Average) Central Receiver, in 10s metric tons 101 E-2 Material Acquisition and Construction ...
Herbert Inhaber, 1982
7
German Environmental Law for Practitioners
waste oil or dump gas with a firing thermal capacity of 1 megawatt or more 8.2 Installations for the production of electricity, steam, hot water, process heat or heated waste gas by the use of a. painted, varnished or coated wood as well as ...
Horst Schlemminger, Claus-Peter Martens, 2004
8
Energy Pricing: Economics and Principles
Elsewhere in Europe, EME closed financing and started construction on the 512- megawatt IS AB energy project in Italy. At ISAB, high-sulfur refinery waste will be processed to remove pollutants and produce clean-burning synthetic gas to fuel ...
Roger L. Conkling, 2011
9
Elsevier's Dictionary of Technical Abbreviations: ...
MVTL Motorola variable-threshold logic - логические схемы на элементах с переменным порогом фирмы «Моторола» MW 1. medium-wave - средневолновый; 2. megawatt - мегаватт; МВт; 106 Вт; 3. message waiting - режим ожидания ...
S. Bobryakov, M. Rosenberg, 2005
10
Renewable Energy: A Common Sense Energy Plan
It is expected, for example, that replacement parts for the 3.0-megawatt machine will be more expensive to replace than similar parts for the 1.5-megawatt machine because of size and weight differences. As an example, for the 3.0- megawatt ...
Brad Linscott, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MEGAWATT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term megawatt is used in the context of the following news items.
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Agreement reached with TDI-New England on 1000 megawatt
A developer has reached a series of agreements totaling more than $720 million in direct public benefit payments over a 40-year period. «Barre Montpelier Times Argus, Jul 15»
2
Duke buys 20-megawatt solar farm in Shawboro
CURRITUCK — Duke Energy Renewables announced today it has acquired a 20-megawatt solar power project in Shawboro that will be the ... «The Daily Advance, Jul 15»
3
Developer plans $12M Triad solar farm
O2 EMC, a Cornelius-based developer of solar farms across the Southeast, is planning to build a $12 million, 3.5-megawatt solar farm in ... «Triad Business Journal, Jul 15»
4
Ozamiz 300-megawatt coal-fired plant to break ground by end of …
OZAMIZ CITY -- The 300-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant of Ozamiz Power Generation, Inc. is scheduled to break ground by the end of ... «BusinessWorld Online Edition, Jul 15»
5
sPower Breaks Ground on 45-megawatt Sandstone Solar Facility in …
sPower, a leading renewable energy provider, announced that construction has begun on its 45-megawatt (MW) Sandstone Solar project in ... «SanTanValley.com, Jul 15»
6
Risen–RGEE to develop 100-megawatt facility in Tamil Nadu
Chinese solar module manufacturer Risen Energy and Bangalore-based Raasi Green Earth Energy (RGEE) are to jointly develop a ... «Greentech Lead, Jul 15»
7
Vestas Wind Systems Wins 26-Megawatt Wind Project in South Korea
Danish wind turbine maker Vestas Wind Systems A/S won an order to build 13 two-megawatt turbines in South Korea. The buyer and value of ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
8
120-megawatt wind farm planned near Cobalt
The proposed 120-megawatt Silver Centre Wind Project is slated for the Lorraine Valley, an unorganized township south of Cobalt. It would be ... «NorthernLife.ca, Jul 15»
9
SunEdison Inks 50-Megawatt Solar Storage Deal SUNE
SunEdison (NYSE:SUNE) and Advanced Microgrid Solutions announced Wednesday a 50-megawatt solar energy storage deal that will supply ... «Investor's Business Daily, Jul 15»
10
SRP partners with renewable energy company to break ground of …
Salt Lake City based renewable energy company sPower broke ground on a new 45-megawatt Sandstone Solar project in Florence, AZ ... «ABC15 Arizona, Jul 15»

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