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MW
1Electricity.megawatt; megawatts.
mW
2milliwatt; milliwatts.
MW
1symbol
megawatt
abbreviation
radio medium wave
Master of Wine
Malawi (international car registration)
mw
2abbreviation
Malawi
Example Sentences
Within minutes, France had supplied 700MW and RTE said it was later able to increase that by up to 2,000 MW.
Just over an hour later the head of Red Eléctrica boss Eduardo Prieto said about 9,200 MW of demand - about 35.1% - had been restored.
Equinor acquired a lease of the site from the federal government in 2017 and, according to its website, the project was set to deliver 810 MW of energy into Brooklyn, powering 500,000 homes.
His wife, Susie Barrie, who is also an MW, adds: "I remain to be convinced that a wine made by blending grapes from different countries can be great in terms of taste."
But because of the drought that has led to parts of the river drying up, only one of the six turbines at Zambia's power station is operating, resulting in the generation of a paltry 7% of the 1,080 MW installed at Kariba.
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When To Use
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.
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