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milli-watt

milli-watt is the alternative form of milliwatt.

Meaning of milliwatt

Noun

milliwatt (plural milliwatts)

  1. One thousandth (10⁻³) of a watt, an amount of power that can power a small electronic device such as a single microchip. (Consuming 1 milliwatt during a duration of 1 hour consumes 1 milliwatt-hour of energy.).
    • Holonyms: W, watt < kW, kilowatt < MW, megawatt < GW, gigawatt < TW, terawatt < PW, petawatt

Forms of milli-watt

pluralmilli-watts

Questions about milli-watt

What is milli-watt the alternative form of?
Milli-watt is the alternative form of milliwatt.

Words near milli-watt in the dictionary

  1. milli-joule
  2. milli-joules
  3. milli-ohm
  4. milli-ohms
  5. milli-volt
  6. milli-watt
  7. milliacre
  8. milliacres
  9. milliad
  10. milliads
  11. milliammeter

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