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megawatt
A unit of power defining the rate of energy transferred or consumed when a current of 1000 amperes flows due to a potential of 1000 volts at unity power factor.
| notation | MAW |
| unitSymbol | MW |
| conversionMultiplier | 1000000.0 |
| dimensionVector | L2 M1 T-3 |
| ucumCode | MW |
| in groupings | unece:power |
Mappings & provenance
| exactMatch | http://qudt.org/vocab/unit/MegaW |
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