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megawatt-year

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English

Syllables
megawat-t-year
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A unit of energy equal to that provided by one megawatt acting for one year (31·536 × 10¹² joules).

Example Sentences

  • "Holonyms: petajoule (1.000e15 J) < terawatt-hour (3.600e15 J) < gigawatt-year (31.536e15 J) < exajoule (1.000e18 J) < petawatt-hour (3.600e18 J) < terawatt-year (31.536e18 J)"
  • "Meronyms: yoctojoule (1.000e-24 J) < zeptojoule (1.000e-21 J) < attojoule (1.000e-18 J) < hartree (4.35974e-18 J) < femtojoule (1.000e-15 J) < picojoule (1.000e-12 J) < nanojoule (1.000e-9 J) < microjoule (1.000e-6 J) < millijoule (1.000e-3 J) < joule (1 J) < milliwatt-hour (3.6 J) < microwatt-year (31.536 J) < kilojoule (1.000e3 J) < watt-hour (3.600e3 J) < milliwatt-year (31.536e3 J) < megajoule (1.000e6 J) < kilowatt-hour (3.600e6 J) < watt-year (31.536e6 J) < gigajoule (1.000e9 J) < megawatt-hour (3.600e9 J) < kilowatt-year (31.536e9 J) < terajoule (1.000e12 J) < gigawatt-hour (3.600e12 J)"

Etymology

By surface analysis, megawatt + year, or, by surface analysis, mega- + watt-year.

Inflected Forms

megawatt-years (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

mul:MW·a mul:MW a mul:MWa mul:MW-a mul:MW·y mul:MW y mul:MWy mul:MW-y

Questions

What does megawatt-year mean?
A unit of energy equal to that provided by one megawatt acting for one year (31·536 × 10¹² joules).
Where does megawatt-year come from?
By surface analysis, megawatt + year, or, by surface analysis, mega- + watt-year.

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