gigawatt

gigawatt

See also: giga-watt

English

Alternative forms

• giga-watt
• jigawatt (eye dialect)

Etymology

From giga- +‎ watt

Noun

gigawatt (plural gigawatts)

1. One thousand million (10⁹) watts, abbreviated as GW.

Translations

10⁹ watts

Czech: gigawatt m Finnish: gigawatti French: gigawatt (fr) m Georgian: გიგავატი (gigavaṭi)

German: Gigawatt (de) n Italian: gigawatt (it) m Russian: гигава́тт (ru) m (gigavátt) Spanish: gigavatio m

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Czech

Etymology

giga- +‎ watt

Noun

gigawatt m

1. gigawatt

Further reading

• gigawatt in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

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Italian

Etymology

giga- +‎ watt

Noun

gigawatt m (invariable)

1. gigawatt