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  • LW
    LW
    low water.
  • l/w
    l/w
    lumen per watt; lumens per watt.
  • Lw
    Lw
    symbol
    lawrencium (now superseded by Lr )

LW

1 American  
  1. low water.


l/w 2 American  
  1. lumen per watt; lumens per watt.


LW 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. radio long wave

  2. low water

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Lw 2 British  

symbol

  1. lawrencium (now superseded by Lr )

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Lamb Weston LW -20.50%decrease; red down pointing triangle swung to a profit in its latest quarter as revenue edged up.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 19, 2025

LW: During the pandemic, we were doing that book club together, but I was developing features too.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 16, 2025

The Really Useful Group, his longtime licensing and production company, has been rebranded as LW Entertainment, and is now headed by James McKnight, who previously worked with J.K.

From MarketWatch Oct. 10, 2025

It’s pretty unusual for me not to immediately instruct a LW to look into establishing an emergency fund in a high-interest savings account.

From Slate Nov. 24, 2023

Taterleg was as brilliant as a humming-bird, even to his belt and scabbard, which had a great many silver tacks driven into them, repeating the letters LW in great characters and small.

From The Duke Of Chimney Butte by P. V. E. (Percy Van Eman) Ivory

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