Terawatt
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Terawatt is a noun meaning One million million (10¹²) watts, an amount of power large enough to power an entire region with many cities. (Consuming 1 terawatt during a duration of 1 hour consumes 1 terawatt-hour of energy.).
Meaning
One million million (10¹²) watts, an amount of power large enough to power an entire region with many cities. (Consuming 1 terawatt during a duration of 1 hour consumes 1 terawatt-hour of energy.).
Example Sentences
Holonyms: PW, petawatt
Meronyms: mW, milliwatt < W, watt < kW, kilowatt < MW, megawatt < GW, gigawatt
As of 2025, it was estimated that all of the power stations on Earth were collectively generating about 15 terawatts at any given instant.
Word Forms
- terawatts
- tera-watt
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tera-watt, tera-amp, tera-volt, decawatt, terabyte, terahertz.
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