W

W ¹

The symbol for the element tungsten.

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[From German Wolfram; see wolfram.]

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w ¹ or W  (dbl-y, -y)

n. pl. w's or W's also ws or Ws

1. The 23rd letter of the modern English alphabet.

2. Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter w.

3. The 23rd in a series.

4. Something shaped like the letter W.

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w ²

abbr.

1. weight

2. width

3. Physics work

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w Cricket

a. wicket

b. wide

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W

1. Chem tungsten [German Wolfram]

2. watt

3. West(ern)

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w

Abbreviation of width

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W

1. The symbol for tungsten.

2. Abbreviation of watt

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	W - a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite atomic number 74, tungsten, wolfram metal, metallic element - any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc. scheelite - a mineral used as an ore of tungsten iron manganese tungsten, wolframite - a mineral consisting of iron and manganese tungstate in crystalline form; the principal ore of tungsten; found in quartz veins associated with granitic rocks
	2.	W - the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees due west, westward, west cardinal compass point - one of the four main compass points
	3.	W - a unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a resistance of 1 ohm watt power unit - a measure of electric power milliwatt - a unit of power equal to one thousandth of a watt kilowatt, kW - a unit of power equal to 1000 watts H.P., horsepower, HP - a unit of power equal to 746 watts
	4.	w - the 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet double-u Latin alphabet, Roman alphabet - the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet, letter - the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters"

Translations

W, w [ˈdʌbljuː] n (letter) → W, w f;

W for William → W de Washington

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W abbr (= west) → O;

(ELEC) (= watt) → v

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W, w [ˈdʌbljuː] n (= letter) → W, w m;

W for William → W comme William

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W abbr (= west) → O;

(Elec) (= watt) → W

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W¹, w [ˈdʌbljuː] n (letter) → W nt, w nt;

W for William → W wie Wilhelm

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W² [ˈdʌbljuː] abbr (Elec) (= watt) → W (= west) → W

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W, w [ˈdʌbljuː] n (letter) → W, w m or f inv;

W for William → W come Washington

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W abbr (= west) → O;

(ELEC) (= watt) → w