PW

See also: pw, pW, and .pw

Translingual

Etymology 1

Symbol

PW

2. (metrology) Symbol for petawatt, an SI unit of power equal to 10¹⁵ watts.

   Meronyms: mW < W < kW < MW < GW < TW

Etymology 2

Symbol

PW

2. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Palau since 1986.

   Synonym: PLW (alpha-3)

English

Proper noun

PW

1. Initialism of Publishers Weekly.
2. Initialism of Pratt & Whitney.

Noun

PW (countable and uncountable, plural PWs)

1. (countable) Abbreviation of password.
2. (Canada, military, countable) Initialism of prisoner of war.
3. (countable) Abbreviation of policewoman.
4. (golf, countable) Initialism of pitching wedge.
5. (uncountable) Initialism of Prussian white.
7. (in classified ads for used cars, dated) Initialism of power windows.

   PS, PB, PW, PDL, ice-cold A/C   [power steering, power brakes, power windows, power door locks, ice-cold air conditioning]

Synonyms

• (prisoner of war): POW

Anagrams

• w.p., WP, wp