Megawatt-year

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A unit of energy equal to that provided by one megawatt acting for one year (31·536 × 10¹² joules).

    "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)"

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"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)"

Etymology

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

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