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noun
- The twenty-third letter of the Appendix:Roman script, English alphabet, preceded by U and followed by X. It is read double-u.
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| Watt |
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proper noun
- An English and Scottish surname derived from the given name Wat
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noun - An amount or power (especially electric), expressed in watts, kilowatts etc
- The power requirement of some electric appliance
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noun
- An electrodynamometer calibrated in watts
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initialism - Warner Brothers
- (medicine) whole blood
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| weber |
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noun
- In the International System of Units, the derived unit of magnetic flux; the flux linking a circuit of one turn that produces an electromotive force of one volt when reduced uniformly to zero in one second. Symbol: Wb
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| wiper |
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noun - something, such as a towel, that is used for wiping
- something, such as a windscreen wiper, that is designed for wiping
- a movable electric contact in some device
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| wire |
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noun
- (uncountable) Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
- A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable
- A metal conductor that carries electricity.
- A fence made of usually barbed wire.
- (sports) A finish line of a racetrack.
- (informal) A telecommunication wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; a telegram
- (slang) A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence.
verb (wir, ing)
- to fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing
- We need to that hole in the fence.
- to string on a wire
- beads
- to equip for use with electricity
- to add something into an electrical system by means of wiring; to incorporate or include something
- I'll just your camera to the computer screen.
- (informal) To send a message or a money value to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominately by telegraph.
- Urgent: please me another 100 pounds sterling.
- to make someone tense or psyched-up
- I'm never going to sleep " I'm completely wired from all that coffee.
- (slang) To install eavesdropping equipment.
- We wired the suspects house.
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noun - A system of electric wires.
- The act of installing wiring.
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