terawatt

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Synonyms: megawatt, negawatt, terawatts, petawatt, teradata, thrawart, trapatt

Antonyms: megawatt, negawatt, terawatts, petawatt, teradata, thrawart, trapatt

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q23823681}} One million million (10¹²) [[watt]]s, an amount of [[power#English:_Q25342|power]] large enough to [[power#Verb|power]] an entire region with many cities. {{n-g|(Consuming 1 terawatt during a duration of 1 hour consumes 1 [[terawatt-hour]] of [[energy#English:_Q11379|energy]].)}}<!--This concise explanation of how watts relate to watt-hours (e.g., KW to KW·h, MW to MW·h) is worth showing here because it is an FAQ among the general public, who demonstrate perennial difficulty in conflating the two.-->.

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