'W' definitions:
Definition of 'W'
(from WordNet)
noun
A heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite [syn: tungsten, wolfram, W, atomic number 74]
noun
noun
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 [syn: watt, W]
noun
The 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: W, w, double-u]
Definition of 'W'
From: GCIDE
- W \W\ (d[u^]b"'l [=u]), the twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, is usually a consonant, but sometimes it is a vowel, forming the second element of certain diphthongs, as in few, how. It takes its written form and its name from the repetition of a V, this being the original form of the Roman capital letter which we call U. Etymologically it is most related to v and u. See V, and U. Some of the uneducated classes in England, especially in London, confuse w and v, substituting the one for the other, as weal for veal, and veal for weal; wine for vine, and vine for wine, etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 266-268. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'w'
From: GCIDE
- Labial \La"bi*al\, n.
- 1. (Phonetics) A letter or character representing an articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the lips, as b, p, w. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mus.) An organ pipe that is furnished with lips; a flue pipe. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Zool.) One of the scales which border the mouth of a fish or reptile. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'W'
- I W W,
- w. w. jacobs,
- c and w,
- a. e. w. mason,
- andrew w. mellon,
- c. w. post,
- d. w. griffith,
- e. w. morley,
- fritz w. meissner,
- george w. bush,
- harold w. kroto,
- melville w. fuller,
- w-shaped,
- w. b. yeats,
- w. c. fields,
- w. c. handy,
- w. h. auden,
- w. h. hudson,
- w. k. kellogg,
- w. somerset maugham,
- w. v. quine,
- president george w. bush,
- w. e. b. du bois