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  2. Orders of magnitude (power) - Wikipedia

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    For reference, about 10,000 100-watt lightbulbs or 5,000 computer systems would be needed to draw 1 MW. Also, 1 MW is approximately 1360 horsepower. Modern high-power diesel-electric locomotives typically have a peak power of 3–5 MW, while a typical modern nuclear power plant produces on the order of 500–2000 MW peak output.

  3. dBm - Wikipedia

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    dBm or dB mW (decibel-milliwatts) is a unit of power level expressed using a logarithmic decibel (dB) scale respective to one milliwatt (mW). It is commonly used by radio, microwave and fiber-optical communication technicians & engineers to measure the power of system transmissions on a log scale , which can express both very large and very ...

  4. Watt - Wikipedia

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    Siemens' definition was adopted as the international watt. (Also used: 1 A 2 × 1 Ω.) [5] The watt was defined as equal to 10 7 units of power in the practical system of units. [10] The "international units" were dominant from 1909 until 1948.

  5. Electric power - Wikipedia

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    Electric power is the rate of transfer of electrical energy within a circuit.Its SI unit is the watt, the general unit of power, defined as one joule per second.Standard prefixes apply to watts as with other SI units: thousands, millions and billions of watts are called kilowatts, megawatts and gigawatts respectively.

  6. Signal strength in telecommunications - Wikipedia

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    Therefore, if the average power to a half-wave dipole antenna is 1 mW, then the maximum electric field at 313 m (1027 ft) is 1 mV/m (60 dBμ). For a short dipole (/) the current distribution is nearly triangular. In this case, the electric field and radiation resistance are

  7. Kilowatt-hour - Wikipedia

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    Watts per hour (W/h) is a unit of a change of power per hour, i.e. an acceleration in the delivery of energy. It is used to measure the daily variation of demand (e.g. the slope of the duck curve), or ramp-up behavior of power plants. For example, a power plant that reaches a power output of 1 MW from 0 MW in 15 minutes has a ramp-up rate of 4 ...

  8. Nameplate capacity - Wikipedia

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    Nameplate capacity, also known as the rated capacity, nominal capacity, installed capacity, maximum effect or gross capacity, [1] is the intended full-load sustained output of a facility such as a power station, [2] [3] electric generator, a chemical plant, [4] fuel plant, mine, [5] metal refinery, [6] and many others.

  9. List of energy abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    BPL—Broadband over power line; BPS—Bulk Power System (Electricity transmission) BTMG—Behind The Meter Generation; BTU—British thermal unit(s) BTU—Board of Trade unit (1 kWh) (UK historical) BTX—from BTX process, a mixture of benzene, toluene, and xylene (oil) BuRec—United States Bureau of Reclamation (government)