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- noun Plural form of
milliwatt .
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Examples
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Once a battery charge cycle is complete, the Apple Battery Charger automatically slashes its power consumption to 30 milliwatts, which is 10 times better than the industry average, the company claims.
Macworld 2010
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Apple Battery Charger automatically slashes its power consumption to 30 milliwatts, which is
ARN Daily 2010
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As the Wired News article reports, the governments standard is one inch per watt distance out of sheer caution, not empirical evidence; Wi-Fi devices tend to operate below 100 milliwatts, meaning you shouldn't be closer than 1 / 10th of an inch to the actual broadcast source.
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As the Wired News article reports, the governments standard is one inch per watt distance out of sheer caution, not empirical evidence; Wi-Fi devices tend to operate below 100 milliwatts, meaning you shouldn't be closer than 1 / 10th of an inch to the actual broadcast source.
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According to PC World, Sanyo's new blue laser can "emit a beam of 450 milliwatts, which is about double the power of Sanyo's current highest power laser for Blu-ray Disc systems.
eHomeUpgrade 2009
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According to PC World, Sanyo's new blue laser can "emit a beam of 450 milliwatts, which is about double the power of Sanyo's current highest power laser for Blu-ray Disc systems.
eHomeUpgrade 2009
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#82 - They could can use a kit bug with a couple of hundred milliwatts and use a sensitive receiver and directional antenna and do a lot - very very illegal.
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Ultimately, 50 milliwatts of power would be ideal and could help slowly recharge the battery.
Nokia Phone Charges by Drawing Energy Out of Thin Air | Inhabitat 2009
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So far, their device can collect up to 5 milliwatts of power, and their short term goal is to collect 20 milliwatts of power, which is just enough to keep the phone charged in standby mode.
Nokia Phone Charges by Drawing Energy Out of Thin Air | Inhabitat 2009
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In 2008, the FCC, then headed by former chairman Kevin Martin, voted to let carriers and other vendors deploy devices in white space spectrum that operates unlicensed at powers of 100 milliwatts, as well as on white space channels adjacent to existing television stations at powers of up to 40 milliwatts.
FCC takes 'free love' approach to white spaces spectrum Brad Reed 2010
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