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MEGAWATT
megawatt
(noun) a unit of power equal to one million watts
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
megawatt (plural megawatts)
One million (1 000 000) watts, abbreviated as MW.
Usage notes
• Attributive use modifying smile or similar nouns are due to watt as measure of the power used by a lightbulb, and hence of its brilliance, by analogy to smiles and the like.
Source: Wiktionary
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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