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w1 definition
w or W (dub′əl yo̵̅o̅′)
- 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
- any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the (w) of will
- a type or impression for w or W
- the twenty-third in a sequence or group
- an object shaped like
adjective
- of w or W
- twenty-third in a sequence or group
- shaped like
w2 definition
W1 definition
W
- Wales
- Washington
- watt(s)
- Wednesday
- Welsh
- West
- west
- western
- win(s)
- 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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