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milliwatt

milliwatt noun: 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.).

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

milliwatt meaning in Thai

milliwatt in Thai

one thousandth of a watt
มิลลิวัตต์

Forms of milliwatt

pluralmilliwatts
alternative formmilli-watt

Origin of milliwatt

From milli- + watt.

Words formed from milliwatt

Phrases with milliwatt

Questions about milliwatt

What does milliwatt mean?
Milliwatt means 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.).
What is milliwatt in Thai?
Milliwatt in Thai is มิลลิวัตต์. See Milliwatt meaning in Thai.
What part of speech is milliwatt?
Milliwatt is a noun.
What is the plural of milliwatt?
The plural of milliwatt is milliwatts.

Words near milliwatt in the dictionary

  1. millivoltmeter
  2. millivoltmeters
  3. millivolts
  4. milliwarhol
  5. milliwarhols
  6. milliwatt
  7. milliwatt hour
  8. milliwatt hours
  9. milliwatt year
  10. milliwatt years
  11. milliwatt-hour

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