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milliwatt

noun milliwatts · milli-watt

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

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noun one thousandth of a watt

中文	毫瓦 háowǎ
Français	milliwatt

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@misc{milliwatt_2026,
  title = {milliwatt},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/milliwatt},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}