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  • noun electrical engineering A unit of electrical power equal to one ten-millionth of a watt (10-7 watts), used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.

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  • noun a power unit equal to the power dissipated when 1 abampere flows across a potential difference of 1 abvolt (one ten-thousandth of a milliwatt)

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ab- (“absolute”) +‎ watt

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