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microwatt-year

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mi-crowat-t-year
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

  • "Holonyms: 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) < megawatt-year (31.536e12 J) < 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) < microwatt-hour (3.600e-3 J) < joule (1 J) < milliwatt-hour (3.6 J)"

Etymology

By surface analysis, microwatt + year, or, by surface analysis, micro- + watt-year.

Inflected Forms

microwatt-years (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

microwatt year

Questions

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

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