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- noun Plural form of
petawatt .
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Summed across the half of the Earth that the sun is shining on, that is 89 petawatts of power.
Steven Cohen: Steve Jobs and the Power of Technology Steven Cohen 2011
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Summed across the half of the Earth that the sun is shining on, that is 89 petawatts of power.
Steven Cohen: Steve Jobs and the Power of Technology Steven Cohen 2011
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It's fun seeing your personal energy tab go down by kilowatts — but just imagine watching the world's usage plunge by terawatts or petawatts.
Clive Thompson Thinks: Desktop Orb Could Reform Energy Hogs 2007
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This is the massive system of currents, including the Gulf Stream, that carries a mind-boggling 1.3 petawatts of heat - that's 1,300,000,000,000,000 watts - northwards in its warm upper waters.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Texas Petawatt Laser: Located at the University of Texas at Austin, this laser boasts an instantaneous power of 1.1 petawatts, or 1. 1x1015 watts.
Latest Science News Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, Articles and Book Reviews Science News 2010
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According to the high-energy equations used by Louis Crane the actual energy produced by a million ton black hole is 56 petawatts, the equivalent of 0.62 kilograms of mass-energy radiated away per second, meaning a lifespan of less than 17 years.
Next Big Future bw 2010
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It's creeping up on the all-time world record, 1.25 petawatts, which a now-decommissioned laser at Lawrence Livermore reached in 1996.
Latest Science News Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, Articles and Book Reviews Science News 2010
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Ditmire plans to build an exawatt laser with a power equivalent to 1000 petawatts.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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It's creeping up on the all-time world record, 1.25 petawatts, which a now-decommissioned laser at Lawrence Livermore reached in 1996.
Latest Science News Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, Articles and Book Reviews Science News 2010
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Texas Petawatt Laser: Located at the University of Texas at Austin, this laser boasts an instantaneous power of 1.1 petawatts, or 1. 1x1015 watts.
Latest Science News Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, Articles and Book Reviews Science News 2010
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