Terawatt-hour

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A unit of energy equal to that provided by one terawatt acting for one hour.

    "Holonym: terawatt-year"

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"Meronyms: milliwatt-hour < watt-hour < kilowatt-hour < megawatt-hour < gigawatt-hour"

Etymology

By surface analysis, terawatt + hour, or, by surface analysis, tera- + watt-hour.

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