TW

See also: tw, tw., .tw, t.w., and ṯw

Translingual

Etymology 1

Symbol

TW

1. (metrology) Symbol for terawatt, an SI unit of power equal to 10¹² watts.

Etymology 2

Symbol

TW

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Taiwan.

   Synonym: TWN (alpha-3)

English

Proper noun

TW

1. (Internet) Abbreviation of Twitter.

Noun

TW (plural TWs)

1. (gemstones) Initialism of total weight. (in carats).
2. (pharmacology) Initialism of treatment week.
3. (LGBT) Initialism of trans woman.
4. Initialism of trigger warning.

Anagrams

• wt, wt.

Vietnamese

Etymology

Perhaps from the Telex input method where the W key is pressed to type the letter ư or to add the diacritical side horn to an already typed u to form the ư, and intended to be this way to distinguish from tư as an actual word, or to make "non-word" abbreviations easier to type with common keyboard programs that do not recognize them as Vietnamese.

Adjective

TW

1. Abbreviation of trung ương.