terawatt
noun
terawatt is spelled T-E-R-A-W-A-T-T: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, terawatt means “One million million (10¹²) watts, an amount of power large enough to power an entire region with many cities. (Consuming 1 terawatt during a duration…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of terawatt is terawatts.
How many letters and syllables are in terawatt?
| Letters | 8: T-E-R-A-W-A-T-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 25 million words; the 150,355th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is terawatt?
Terawatt appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of terawatt
- terawatts plural
- tera-watt
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does terawatt mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One million million (10¹²) watts, an amount of power large enough to power an entire region with many cities. (Consuming 1 terawatt during a duration of 1 hour consumes 1 terawatt-hour of energy.).
Holonyms: PW, petawatt
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Terawatt in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one million million ( 1012 ) watts, abbreviated as TW:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does terawatt come from?
From tera- + watt.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).