MW

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mw"

㎿ U+33BF, ㎿ SQUARE MW MEGA ← ㎾ [U+33BE] CJK Compatibility ㏀ → [U+33C0]

Translingual

Etymology 1

Symbol

MW

1. (metrology) Symbol for megawatt, an SI unit of power equal to 10⁶ watts.
   • 2013 August 16, John Vidal, “Dams endanger ecology of Himalayas”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 10 (in English), page 8:

     Many of the proposed dams would be among the tallest in the world, able to generate more than 4,000MW, as much as the Hoover dam on the Colorado river in the US.

Derived terms

• MWh (megawatt hour)

Etymology 2

Symbol

MW

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Malawi.

   Synonym: MWI (alpha-3)

English

Noun

MW (countable and uncountable, plural MWs)

1. (electronics) Initialism of medium wave.
2. (electronics) Initialism of microwave.
3. (informal) Initialism of morning wood.

Related terms

electronics

• LW
• MF
• SW

 

See also

electronics

• HF
• LF
• RF
• VHF

 

Proper noun

MW

1. (linguistics) Initialism of Merriam-Webster: an American publishing company known for its dictionaries
   • 2006 December 2, Brian M. Scott <b.scottcsuohio.edu>, "Re: CRIT: Untitled", message-ID <a86e8xtjh2mi.nv2vbi8kpxb0$.dlg@40tude.net>, rec.arts.sf.composition, Usenet [1]:

     Merriam-Webster OnLine has a slightly more extensive definition than the AHD […]

     MW (1a) and (1b) cover about the same ground as AHD (1) and (2) but divide it up a little differently; […]

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:MW.
2. (Wikimedia jargon) Initialism of MediaWiki.

Alternative forms

• (Merriam-Webster): M-W

Coordinate terms

Merriam-Webster

• OED
• RHD

 

Related terms

Merriam-Webster

• Merriam
• Webster

 

MediaWiki

• media
• wiki
• wikiwiki

 

Anagrams

• WM, Wm.