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tera-watt

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English

Syllables
ter-a-watt
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One million million (10¹²) watts, abbreviated as TW.

Etymology

From tera- + watt.

Inflected Forms

tera-watts (plural) terawatt (alternative)

Questions

What does tera-watt mean?
One million million (10¹²) watts, abbreviated as TW.
Where does tera-watt come from?
From tera- + watt.

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