jigawatt

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A form of gigawatt — One thousand million (10⁹) watts, an amount of power large enough to power such things as a midsize town or several small ones. (Consuming 1 gigawatt during a duration of 1 hour consumes 1 gigawatt-hour of energy.)

Scrabble 19

Meanings

nounjigawatt (plural jigawatts)

plural jigawatts

  1. pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of gigawatt (less common variant).
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jigawatt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jigawatt

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Chicago

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