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w1 definition

w or W (dubəl yo̵̅o̅′)

noun pl. W's, w's

  1. the twenty-third letter of the English alphabet: its sound was represented in Anglo-Saxon manuscripts by uu or u until about 900, then by Ƿ (wen) borrowed from the runic alphabet; in the 11th cent. a ligatured VV or vv was introduced by Norman scribes to replace the wen
  2. any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the (w) of will
  3. a type or impression for w or W
  4. the twenty-third in a sequence or group
  5. an object shaped like

adjective

  1. of w or W
  2. twenty-third in a sequence or group
  3. shaped like
w2 definition

w

  1. waist
  2. watt(s)
  3. week(s)
  4. weight
  5. west
  6. western
  7. wide
  8. width
  9. wife
  10. with
    also w., w/
  11. win(s)
  12. Physics work
W1 definition

W

  1. Wales
  2. Washington
  3. watt(s)
  4. Wednesday
  5. Welsh
  6. West
  7. west
  8. western
  9. win(s)
  10. Physics work
W2 definition

W

tungsten

Etymology: w(olfram)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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