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  cw

  abbreviation

  clockwise.
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  CW

  abbreviation

  chemical warfare.

cw

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. clockwise.

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CW ² American  

abbreviation

1. chemical warfare.

2. chemical weapon.

3. content warning.

4. continuous wave.

5. conventional wisdom.

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CW British  

abbreviation

1. radio continuous waves

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noun

1. 1. an informal term for Morse code

   2. ( as modifier )

      his CW speed is 30 words per minute

abbreviation

1. chemical weapons or chemical warfare

Example Sentences

As representing the Frankish form, we have more names in the sharper form cw, which is represented by q.

From Surnames as a Science by Ferguson, Robert

Q, as in other languages, is always followed by u, and has a sound which our Saxon ancestors well expressed by cw, as quadrant, queen, equestrian, quilt, inquiry, quire, quotidian.

From A Grammar of the English Tongue by Johnson, Samuel

"They belileve that an not inconsiderable number of dddeeeeeddlllllllcleeeeeece cw pavem ponnun ex-parte opinions are given for what they may be worth."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, Jan. 1, 1919 by Various

Q is superfluous, cw or kw being its equivalent.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

The A.S. hw has become wh; cw has become qu as in queen, from A.S. cw�n; while w is occasionally intrusive, as in whole, from A.S. h�l.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various