Wh
abbreviation
watt-hour; watt-hours.
Wh
1 American
Or
wh,
abbreviation
WH
2
American
abbreviation
Banking.
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They go from a few hundred Wh for a few appliances to several thousand Wh to cover a whole home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026
"The NIB fabricated using the optimized ZnO-templated HC as the negative electrode exhibited an energy density of 312 Wh kg-1," highlights Prof. Komaba.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2023
She could tell you the difference between 100 Wh and 161 Wh, could quote the price per gigabyte of different models.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 1, 2019
Wh en I used to visit troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, I liked to ask an unexpected question: “What are you reading?”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 5, 2017
She says, "Wh... what are you doing here?"
From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements
WH Smith said North America airport like-for-like revenue fell 2% as air fare rises and lower capacity due to the Middle East conflict hurt passenger numbers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Forecasts for its profit had been downgraded after it surfaced that WH Smith's business in North America had overstated revenues possibly by as much as £50m.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2025
WH Smith, which has lost its chief executive and seen its shares fall 40% following the accounting blunder, said it had been a difficult end to the year.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2025
WH Smith proposed a final dividend of 6.0 pence per share, which brings its full year dividend to 17.3 pence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
When WH begins a word, the aspirate h precedes w in pronunciation: as in what, whiff, whale; pronounced hwat, hwiff, hwale, w having precisely the sound of oo, French ou.
From The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference by Joseph Triemens
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