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hellawatt

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Etymology

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From hella- +‎ watt.

Noun

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hellawatt (plural hellawatts)

  1. (rare, nonstandard, informal) 1027 watts.
    • 2010 August 10, Carlos Alcalã, “Physics student's prefix idea is 'hella' good”, in Phys.org[1]:
      The universe, he said, is 1.4 hellameters across. The sun's power is 0.3 hellawatts.