1
: amount of power expressed in watts
2
: dynamic or mental energy or appeal
the celebrity's high wattage
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Use a bulb with low wattage.
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Older panels, which usually have lower wattage, can be found online for under $50.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2025
These lights tend to have a downward cast and lower wattage that is less disruptive to neighbors or animals.
—Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Apr. 2025
But behind that mask, which obscures roughly half of any face that’s behind it, Kilmer had turned up the wattage on his sense of humor, and irony, to supersonic levels.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 2 Apr. 2025
So projects with stars of that kind of wattage have become more viable.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2025
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2025
These lights tend to have a downward cast and lower wattage that is less disruptive to neighbors or animals.
—Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Apr. 2025
But behind that mask, which obscures roughly half of any face that’s behind it, Kilmer had turned up the wattage on his sense of humor, and irony, to supersonic levels.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 2 Apr. 2025
So projects with stars of that kind of wattage have become more viable.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wattage
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“Wattage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wattage. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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wattage
noun
watt·age
ˈwät-ij 
: amount of power expressed in watts
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