Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation megawatt
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- noun The
ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code forMalawi . - noun metrology Symbol for the
megawatt , anSI unit ofpower equal to 106watts . - initialism electronics
medium wave - initialism electronics
microwave - initialism linguistics Merriam-Webster
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Examples
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In large part, an increase in the MW is a wage hike for high school and college kids.
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Inclusion in MW/OED/NYT is the result, not the codification, of a word being mainstream.
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The Spiderman reboot could do with some advice from JC, i haven't got a clue what MW is like action-wise but my guess is that he aint got much experience.
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Inclusion in MW/OED/NYT is the result, not the codification, of a word being mainstream.
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Mikey, I may have misled you a bit, the MW is $6.15, the PW is $12.00 here where I lve.
Think Progress » Brown Resigns, He Should Have Been Fired 2005
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(Would you say that MW is better than Ode to Kirihito and/or Apollo’s Song?
Pick five 2009
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The kick-ass lesbian newspaper editor in MW only goes so far, and don’t even get me started on the issues I repress that allow me to love that book.
Glug 2009
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The plant has an initial capacity of 640 MW, which is expected to increase to 1,025 MW as part of a phase two expansion plan by 2008.
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Phase II of the project will add another 15 MW of power, for a total of 25 MW, which is enough to power nearly fifteen thousand homes.
New Geothermal Technology Could Tap 120,000MW of Energy | Inhabitat 2008
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The culprit is a deadly gas called MW pronounced "Muu", and the government quickly covers up the incident to protect the secret of its weapon of mass destruction.
Manga Mondays with Kethylia 11/5 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2007
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