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Power

terawattTW

Tera-scaled variant of the watt, exactly TW = 1000000000000 base unit.

Dimension
power
Canonical signature
L^2*M*T^-3
System
si
Exactness
Exact

Definition record

How this unit is defined

Canonical base
1 TW = 1,000,000,000,000 W
Conversion type
linear
Historical notes
Power is a rate; converting to energy requires duration.
Aliases
tera watts

Same dimension

Related units

wattsiWhorsepower (mechanical)imperial ushpquettawattsiQWronnawattsiRWyottawattsiYWzettawattsiZWexawattsiEWpetawattsiPW

Common conversions

Every conversion routes through the canonical base of the dimension.

1 TW = 1,000,000,000,000 W

Exact relationship

10 TW = 10,000,000,000,000 W

Exact relationship