megawatt
noun
mega·watt ˈme-gə-ˌwät 
: one million watts
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Judging by her trademark megawatt smile, Julia was thrilled with her latest red-carpet statement. 
Alice Newbold, Glamour, 7 Sep. 2022 Subverting classic punk eyeliner with an unexpected megawatt finish? Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2022 Swinton’s quirkiness is tamped down, Elba’s megawatt star-power made, perhaps ironically for the character, more grounded in human reality. K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2022 In the end, its many swirling parts unite around a remarkably coherent purpose: to provide a rare and dazzling showcase for a megawatt performer who scowls, gasps, punches, kicks, leaps, flips, soars and finally transcends. Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2022 The team that prides itself as the Kings of Europe — as a banner unfurled by the club’s ultras before the game put it — looked old and tired, caught in the megawatt glare of P.S.G.’s star power. New York Times, 9 Mar. 2022 Last year, the average spot price for electricity in Germany was around €97 per megawatt hour. David Meyer, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2022 Gas prices on Monday shot up, with the benchmark Dutch futures contract briefly reaching €300 per megawatt hour, according to Factset. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 22 Aug. 2022 Power for Wednesday jumped to as high as 540.47 euros a megawatt-hour, before declining slightly for Thursday. Lars Paulsson, Bloomberg.com, 18 Aug. 2022 See More
Alice Newbold, Glamour, 7 Sep. 2022 Subverting classic punk eyeliner with an unexpected megawatt finish? Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2022 Swinton’s quirkiness is tamped down, Elba’s megawatt star-power made, perhaps ironically for the character, more grounded in human reality. K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2022 In the end, its many swirling parts unite around a remarkably coherent purpose: to provide a rare and dazzling showcase for a megawatt performer who scowls, gasps, punches, kicks, leaps, flips, soars and finally transcends. Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2022 The team that prides itself as the Kings of Europe — as a banner unfurled by the club’s ultras before the game put it — looked old and tired, caught in the megawatt glare of P.S.G.’s star power. New York Times, 9 Mar. 2022 Last year, the average spot price for electricity in Germany was around €97 per megawatt hour. David Meyer, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2022 Gas prices on Monday shot up, with the benchmark Dutch futures contract briefly reaching €300 per megawatt hour, according to Factset. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 22 Aug. 2022 Power for Wednesday jumped to as high as 540.47 euros a megawatt-hour, before declining slightly for Thursday. Lars Paulsson, Bloomberg.com, 18 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
mega- + watt
First Known Use
circa 1900, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
megawatt
noun
mega·watt ˈmeg-ə-ˌwät
: one million watts —abbreviation MW