TW

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See also: tw, tw., .tw, t.w., and ṯw

Translingual

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Etymology 1

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Symbol

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TW

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

Etymology 2

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Symbol

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TW

  1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Taiwan.
    Synonym: TWN (alpha-3)

English

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Proper noun

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TW

  1. (Internet) Abbreviation of Twitter.

Noun

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TW (plural TWs)

  1. (gemstones) Initialism of total weight.
  2. (LGBT) Initialism of trans woman.
    Synonym: TF
    Coordinate term: TM
  3. (pharmacology) Initialism of treatment week.
  4. Initialism of trigger warning.

Anagrams

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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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 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

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TW

  1. Abbreviation of trung ương.