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watt | 1 000 000 W | 2 000 000 W | 3 000 000 W | 4 000 000 W | 5 000 000 W | 6 000 000 W | 7 000 000 W | 8 000 000 W | 9 000 000 W | 10 000 000 W | 11 000 000 W | 12 000 000 W | 13 000 000 W | 14 000 000 W | 15 000 000 W | 16 000 000 W | 17 000 000 W | 18 000 000 W | 19 000 000 W | 20 000 000 W | 21 000 000 W | 22 000 000 W | 23 000 000 W | 24 000 000 W | 25 000 000 W | 26 000 000 W | 27 000 000 W | 28 000 000 W | 29 000 000 W | 30 000 000 W | 31 000 000 W | 32 000 000 W | 33 000 000 W | 34 000 000 W | 35 000 000 W | 36 000 000 W | 37 000 000 W | 38 000 000 W | 39 000 000 W | 40 000 000 W | 41 000 000 W | 42 000 000 W | 43 000 000 W | 44 000 000 W | 45 000 000 W | 46 000 000 W | 47 000 000 W | 48 000 000 W | 49 000 000 W | 50 000 000 W | 51 000 000 W | 52 000 000 W | 53 000 000 W | 54 000 000 W | 55 000 000 W | 56 000 000 W | 57 000 000 W | 58 000 000 W | 59 000 000 W | 60 000 000 W | 61 000 000 W | 62 000 000 W | 63 000 000 W | 64 000 000 W | 65 000 000 W | 66 000 000 W | 67 000 000 W | 68 000 000 W | 69 000 000 W | 70 000 000 W | 71 000 000 W | 72 000 000 W | 73 000 000 W | 74 000 000 W | 75 000 000 W | 76 000 000 W | 77 000 000 W | 78 000 000 W | 79 000 000 W | 80 000 000 W | 81 000 000 W | 82 000 000 W | 83 000 000 W | 84 000 000 W | 85 000 000 W | 86 000 000 W | 87 000 000 W | 88 000 000 W | 89 000 000 W | 90 000 000 W | 91 000 000 W | 92 000 000 W | 93 000 000 W | 94 000 000 W | 95 000 000 W | 96 000 000 W | 97 000 000 W | 98 000 000 W | 99 000 000 W | 100 000 000 W |
The megawatt (MW) is equal to one million (106) watts. Many events or machines produce or sustain the conversion of energy on this scale, including large electric motors; large warships such as aircraft carriers, cruisers, and submarines; large server farms or data centers; and some scientific research equipment, such as supercolliders, and the output pulses of very large lasers. A large residential or commercial building may use several megawatts in electric power and heat. On railways, modern high-powered electric locomotives typically have a peak power output of 5 or 6 MW, although some produce much more. The Eurostar, for example, uses more than 12 MW, while heavy diesel-electric locomotives typically produce/use 3 to 5 MW. U.S. nuclear power plants have net summer capacities between about 500 and 1300 MW.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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megawatt | MW | = 106 W | = 106 W | Metric system SI |
megawatts | watts | megawatts | watts |
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1 | = 1000000 | 6 | = 6000000 |
2 | = 2000000 | 7 | = 7000000 |
3 | = 3000000 | 8 | = 8000000 |
4 | = 4000000 | 9 | = 9000000 |
5 | = 5000000 | 10 | = 10000000 |
The watt (symbol: W) is a derived unit of power in the International System of Units (SI) defined as 1 joule per second and can be used to quantify the rate of energy transfer. Power has dimensions of ML2T-3.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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watt | W | The power which in one second of time gives rise to one joule of energy. | = 1 W = 1 J/s = 1 N·m/s = 1 kg·m2/s3 | Metric system SI |
watts | megawatts | watts | megawatts |
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1 | = 1.0E-6 | 6 | = 6.0E-6 |
2 | = 2.0E-6 | 7 | = 7.0E-6 |
3 | = 3.0E-6 | 8 | = 8.0E-6 |
4 | = 4.0E-6 | 9 | = 9.0E-6 |
5 | = 5.0E-6 | 10 | = 1.0E-5 |
megawatts | watts |
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1 | = 1 000 000 |
1.0 × 10-6 | = 1 |
You can find the conversion in other languages in the following:
Symbol | Definition |
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≡ | exactly equal |
≈ | approximately equal to |
= | equal to |
digits | indicates that digits repeat infinitely (e.g. 8.294 369 corresponds to 8.294 369 369 369 369 …) |