terawatt.
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.).
Meaning & usage
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.).
As of 2025, it was estimated that all of the power stations on Earth were collectively generating about 15 terawatts at any given instant.
Where this word comes from
From tera- + watt.
Try it on your idea.
terawatt has 8 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.
These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.
Explore the name generatorA word with a source.
Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.
Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.