MILLIWATT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A unit of power equal to one thousandth of a watt

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("milliwatt" is a kind of...):

power unit (a measure of electric power)

Meronyms (parts of "milliwatt"):

abwatt (a power unit equal to the power dissipated when 1 abampere flows across a potential difference of 1 abvolt (one ten-thousandth of a milliwatt))

Holonyms ("milliwatt" is a part of...):

W; watt (a unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a resistance of 1 ohm)

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