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Gigawatt
GWcx:GW · Power
1 GW = 1000000000 W.
- Quantity kind
- Power
- SI dimension
L^2 · M · T^-3- Allowed roles
- Scalar
- Unit system / convention
- SI decimal multiples
- Registry code
GW
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Definition sources
- BIPM — The International System of Units (SI)
9th edition, version 4.01, June 2026
Tables 4–7: coherent derived units, unit algebra and decimal prefixes
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- 1.0.0
- Registry snapshot
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- Definition lifecycle
- candidate
- Definition owner
- core.metrology
- Definition digest
673a6007f75efe3d706a718cd2d7dc7d2dee0253468edd82bf0b20eb02ae5158- Definition dependency digest
05dab6ebc2ed234b4829506fcbb0ddb613ac3a3ea21e3010cd8d904f782508eb
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