milliwatt

See also: milli-watt

English

Alternative forms

• milli-watt

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sem-

Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂

Proto-Indo-European *smih₂

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes-

Proto-Indo-European *-lom

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslom

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Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslih₂

Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂

Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī

Latin mīlleder.

French milli-

English milli-

English Watt

English watt

English milliwatt

From milli- + watt.

Noun

milliwatt (plural milliwatts)

2. 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.).

   Alternative form: mW (symbol)

   Holonyms: W, watt < kW, kilowatt < MW, megawatt < GW, gigawatt < TW, terawatt < PW, petawatt

Derived terms

• milliwatt-hour
• milliwatt-year

Translations

one thousandth of a watt

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 毫瓦 (zh) (háowǎ)

• Finnish: milliwatti (fi)
• French: milliwatt (fr)
• Thai: มิลลิวัตต์

French

Etymology

From milli- +‎ watt.

Pronunciation

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Noun

milliwatt m (plural milliwatts)

1. milliwatt