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AWG

AWG is the initialism of American wire gauge.

AWG is the initialism of arbitrary waveform generator.

AWG is the initialism of arrayed waveguide grating.

AWG is the initialism of Anthropocene Working Group.

Meaning of American wire gauge

Noun

American wire gauge (uncountable)

  1. (US) A standard for the measurement of the diameter of wire, especially of non-ferrous, electrically conducting wire. Increasing gauge numbers denote decreasing wire diameters.

Forms of AWG

pluralAWGs

Questions about AWG

What is AWG the initialism of?
AWG is the initialism of American wire gauge.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: AWG (page history and authors); American wire gauge (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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