Meaning & use
terawatt
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A unit of power equal to one trillion watts, used to measure very large amounts of energy.
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The country's total electricity generation capacity exceeds one terawatt.
Global energy demand is often measured in terawatts of installed capacity.
A note on using this word
Commonly abbreviated "TW"; used mainly in discussions of national or global energy production.
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