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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
wattage
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Cylinders rely on suction, which is why they often have a higher wattage than uprights.
▪ Electric frost protection tapes incorporating a low wattage heater, could be wrapped round pipes.
▪ Great quantities of lighting wattage are not needed.
▪ There are mainly types, but make sure you observe the unit's wattage rating.
▪ Thermostatic heaters should be approximately double the calculated wattage, rounded up to the manufactured sizes.
▪ Tod works on low wattage at the best of times.
▪ Unlike some machines of this wattage, noise was well suppressed and only became excessive when the disc was used on stonework.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
wattage

1897, from watt + -age.

Wiktionary
wattage

n. 1 An amount or power (especially electric), expressed in watts, kilowatts etc 2 The power requirement of some electric appliance

WordNet
wattage

n. the product of voltage and current [syn: electrical power, electric power]

Usage examples of "wattage".

SD networks were using archaic techniques, it was the sheer wattage behind them that was causing the trouble.

Banks of hard light mounted on tall poles had been repositioned about the picturesquely gnarled oak, a supporting character in its own right, high wattage carving an illuminated cave out of the solid opacity of the night, spectators gathered round like the crew at the site of an important archaeological dig, tense, subdued, primed for awe.

In his arms was a flashgun, a cassegrain laser which would pulse the entire wattage of the battery in its stock out through a stubby ceramic barrel.

The only light in the place still came from orange and black plastic pumpkins, but the wattage of the bulbs had been upped so you could see more than a few steps into the bar.

Because the transmission wattage was minuscule, it was almost impossible to DP, and we could use it quite safely.

Most of the wattage was focused on the ten or so docked shuttlecraft, representing half-a-dozen different worlds.

I kept careful computer graphs of my training rides, calibrating the distances, wattages, and thresholds.

Then I calculated my wattages versus my caloric intake, so I knew precisely how much to eat each day, how many calories to burn, so that the amount coming in would be less than my output, and I would lose weight.

He broke the race down into wattages and split times, and gave me precise instructions.

With enough wattage and a cybersystem to guide you, you could match trajectory within, say, seventy-two hours.

Banks of hard light mounted on tall poles had been repositioned about the picturesquely gnarled oak, a supporting character in its own right, high wattage carving an illuminated cave out of the solid opacity of the night, spectators gathered round like the crew at the site of an important archaeological dig, tense, subdued, primed for awe.

He understood the combination of technique and physiology as few people did, and he could discuss everything from chainrings to wattages with authority.

These displays around “the Strip” kept the station’s interior lit to near-daylight brightness-near daylight as the wattage was carefully controlled to create an illusion of darkness above the casinos, thus enhancing the effectiveness of the light shows.

The stereo system dominating a small electronics shop drew him close to the glass, five disk CD changer, digital tuner with forty presets, six-mode preset equalizer, dual full-logic cassette decks, extra bass, and he found himself wondering covetously about sub-woofers and wattage.

Jake was too busy to cuss out that comfortable) anonymous bureaucrat who had specified the wattage of the bulbs in the fire warning lights- They were certainty impossible to miss.