Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- The symbol for the element tungsten.
- abbr. watt.
- abbr. Wednesday.
- abbr. week.
- abbr. west.
- abbr. western.
Wiktionary
- n. The twenty-third letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
- n. chemistry Symbol for tungsten.
- n. metrology Symbol for watt.
- n. biochemistry IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for tryptophan
- n. US The initial letter of the call sign of radio stations east of the Mississippi (see also K)
- abbr. Wednesday
- abbr. sports The statistic for the number of wins by a team or player limited by some criteria (e.g. this season, at home, on turf)
- abbr. cricket wickets
- abbr. neologism Nickname for George W. Bush
- abbr. baseball Wins; number of games won by a particular pitcher.
- n. The twenty-second letter of the English alphabet, called double U and written in the Latin script.
Etymologies
- From German Wolfram; see wolfram. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Then there is a tag line -- that was never a part of W-- which I think defines what W stands for.”
The Huffington Post: Stefano Tonchi: What The New W Stands For
“When even the guy who stole the 2000 election for W, Baker, couldn't say one decent thing about the incompetent thief W-- our shorthand for "Commander-in-Chief", and his insane attack on Iraq, W had to make some adjustments.”
“How could we ever say that W was more worthy of God's choice than W*?”
“W + x + y + z = 4 (6) and W² + x² + y² + z² = 1 (7) are equations in which their number is four.”
“D_ {[tau]} W > 0 or that _W_ increases if _r_ increases.”
“W-- Cara Martin (W), Leslie Dempsey (6), Martin (7) and Ashley Kamp.”
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“Carl W from Canada writes: Joe Smith from Toronto, Canada writes: Carl W-- many people talk about 'yellow science' or 'political correctness' in the world of the hard sciences, but when pressed, are only able to come up with AGW as an example.”
“Carl W from Canada writes: Joe Smith from Toronto, Canada writes: Carl W-- you're making a lot of assumptions about my views on AGW Oil Poor from Canada writes: It's not just an appalling grasp of science and logic that is proudly displayed on comments to most blogs, there is also the appalling lack of social skills.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘W’.
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All Things Scrabble
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Boy or Girl Letters?
I recently had a discussion with my family on the sex of language. So I was just wondering about y'all's opinions on the gender/sex of American English letters.
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Letters
See also The Phonetic alphabet by oroboros.
aye, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, eff, gee, aitch, eye, jay, kay and 452 more...
Tweets
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Jubjub Boy Jan 2, 2010