different between megawatt vs gigawatt

English

Alternative forms

• mega-watt

Etymology

mega- +? watt

Noun

megawatt (plural megawatts)

1. One million (1 000 000) watts, abbreviated as MW.

Usage notes

• Attributive use modifying smile or similar nouns are due to watt as measure of the power used by a lightbulb, and hence of its brilliance, by analogy to smiles and the like.

Derived terms

• megawattage
• megawatt-hour

Translations

Czech

Etymology

mega- +? watt

Noun

megawatt m

1. megawatt

Further reading

• megawatt in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu
• megawatt in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

mega- +? watt

Noun

megawatt

1. megawatt

Further reading

• “megawatt” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

mega- +? watt

Pronunciation

Noun

megawatt

1. megawatt

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English megawatt, equivalent to mega- +? watt.

Noun

megawatt m (invariable)

1. megawatt

Further reading

• megawatt in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti

Romanian

Etymology

mega- +? watt

Noun

megawatt

1. megawatt

Further reading

• megawatt in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Slovak

Etymology

mega- +? watt

Noun

megawatt m

1. megawatt

Further reading

• megawatt in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Swedish

Etymology

mega- +? watt

Noun

megawatt

1. megawatt

Further reading

• megawatt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

English

Alternative forms

• giga-watt
• jigawatt (pronunciation spelling)

Etymology

From giga- +? watt

Noun

gigawatt (plural gigawatts)

1. One thousand million (10⁹) watts, abbreviated as GW.

Translations

Czech

Etymology

giga- +? watt

Noun

gigawatt m

1. gigawatt

Further reading

• gigawatt in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Italian

Etymology

giga- +? watt

Noun

gigawatt m (invariable)

1. gigawatt