MW

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1. Electricity.,  megawatt; megawatts.

mW

²

Electricity.

1. milliwatt; milliwatts.

MW

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symbol

1. megawatt

abbreviation

1. radio medium wave

2. Master of Wine

3. Malawi (international car registration)

mw

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abbreviation

1. Malawi

Example Sentences

Some solar farms are recorded in MW direct current, or else an unknown capacity rating.

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When a data center uses one 500 megawatt turbine, for example, it needs another huge 500 MW turbine to ensure there is backup.

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By contrast, a data center using a hundred 5 MW turbines needs to purchase only a few extra smaller turbines as backup units.

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That’s thanks to Costco’s rigorous cost control and its partnership with Trapiche, one of Argentina’s largest wine producers, according to Costco partner and wine importer DC Flynt, of DC Flynt MW Selections in Lake Charles, La. To give the wine greater nuance and texture, Flynt explained, “We’re getting three principal types of Malbec from different altitudes and different soil structures.”

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Within minutes, France had supplied 700MW and RTE said it was later able to increase that by up to 2,000 MW.

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When To Use

What does MW mean?

In the context of dictionaries, MW stands for “many words.” Or something like that. If you’re here because you searched for “MW dictionary,” well, you’ve come to the right place as far as we’re concerned, because, oh yes, we’ve got many words.MW is really an abbreviation, though, and it can stand for a lot of different things.Most commonly, MW stands for megawatt, a unit of power equal to one million watts.Sometimes, the two letters are used as an abbreviation for milliwatt, a unit equal to one thousandth of a watt. In this case, it is typically styled as mW. In other scientific contexts, MW is an abbreviation for molecular weight—the sum of the atomic weights of all the atoms in a molecule.In URLs, .mw is the internet domain for Malawi.MW can also stand for medium wave (a type of radio wave) or Master of Wine, a certification issued to wine experts.And, OK, yes, when you see MW or M-W in the context of dictionaries, it often refers to the George and Charles Merriam/Noah Webster mashup. You know, “since 1828” and all that. (See you at the convention, M Dub!)Example: The station is capable of generating 1,000 MW of power.