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- noun Plural form of
microwatt .
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Examples
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The pedometer is able to generate about 40 microwatts, which is just enough to power itself.
TreeHugger 2008
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This device, which the researchers recently reported in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, gives an output current of about 100 nanoamperes at 1.2 volts, producing 0.12 microwatts of power.
Medical Devices Powered by the Patient’s Own Heart | Impact Lab 2010
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The group had to design the device so it could work with a record low power of 62 microwatts vs. commercially available 10-milliwatt pulse oxymeters.
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The 50-square-centimeter prototype was placed on the forehead of a person and harvested 3,500 microwatts, which was great, but came with a side effect: With so much area covered with thermoelectric devices sucking the heat, the sensation of cold became overwhelming to the patient.
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A patch of material one square centimeter in area can produce up to 30 microwatts.
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It generated about 100 microwatts while the patient was asleep and up to 600 microwatts when awake and active.
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This only involved generating 60 microwatts, however.
Nokia Developing A Cell Phone That Never Needs Recharging | Impact Lab 2009
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Russian embassy personnel and their families exposed at mainly 0.19 microwatts/cm2 to current federal exposure guidelines.
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The Russians mainly used a power density of around five to 18 microwatts per square centimeter (5-18 uW/cm2) .36
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When the phone rings, it begins abruptly transmitting microwaves at a power density that may spike up to over 100 microwatts per centimeter squared (100uW/cm2).
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