Explore Terawatt through 9 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Terawatt meaning
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.).
Using Terawatt
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.).
- In the example corpus, terawatt often appears in combinations such as: terawatt hour.
Context around Terawatt
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 6 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Terawatt
- In this selection, "terawatt" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, 100, 460, 104, hours and hour stand out and add context to how "terawatt" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 29 3 terawatt hours per and almost 99 terawatt hours of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "terawatt" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with terawatt
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Illinois produces "almost 99 terawatt-hours of nuclear energy"? (9 words)
On a yearly basis that would amount to 73 terawatt hour. (11 words)
Currently, France consumes 460 Terawatt-hours of gas per year, Holleaux said. (12 words)
The UK, Germany, France and Netherlands host the biggest data centres in Europe and it's estimated that by 2020 there will be 104 terawatt-hours per year of energy consumption by data centres in the EU. (37 words)
What’s more, the research estimates that if alone switched its whole search business to AI, it would end up using 29.3 terawatt-hours per year — equivalent to the electricity consumption of Ireland. (34 words)
Corresponding author Yuxin Leng of the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics notes, "The tiled titanium:sapphire laser amplification was successfully demonstrated in our 100-terawatt (i.e., 0.1-petawatt) laser system. (34 words)
Illinois produces "almost 99 terawatt-hours of nuclear energy"? (9 words)
Example sentences (9)
Illinois produces "almost 99 terawatt-hours of nuclear energy"?
What’s more, the research estimates that if alone switched its whole search business to AI, it would end up using 29.3 terawatt-hours per year — equivalent to the electricity consumption of Ireland.
Corresponding author Yuxin Leng of the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics notes, "The tiled titanium:sapphire laser amplification was successfully demonstrated in our 100-terawatt (i.e., 0.1-petawatt) laser system.
Currently, France consumes 460 Terawatt-hours of gas per year, Holleaux said.
From the total generation, 61% to response to hydro generation which increased by 1 terawatt hour, mainly due to higher generation in Brazil and Colombia.
On a yearly basis Bitcoin now uses an estimated 64 terawatt hour of electricity.
On a yearly basis that would amount to 73 terawatt hour.
The UK, Germany, France and Netherlands host the biggest data centres in Europe and it's estimated that by 2020 there will be 104 terawatt-hours per year of energy consumption by data centres in the EU.
In 2006, the energy market was around 90 terawatt hours and the peak demand around 15 gigawatts in winter.
Common combinations with terawatt
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: