Definition of Microwatt

1. Noun. One millionth ( 10-6 ) of a watt, abbreviated as µW. ¹

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Definition of Microwatt

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Microwatt

microvesicle
microvesicles
microvessel
microvessels
microvillar
microvilli
microvillous
microvillus
microviridin
microvirus
microviscosity
microvoid
microvolt
microvolts
microvolume
microwatt (current term)
microwatts
microwavable
microwave
microwave-radiation
microwave bomb
microwave diathermy machine
microwave interferometer
microwave linear accelerator
microwave meal
microwave meals
microwave oven
microwave ovens
microwave radar
microwave radiation

Literary usage of Microwatt

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Everyday: Views on Ambient Intelligenceby Emile H. L. Aarts, Stefano Marzano by Emile H. L. Aarts, Stefano Marzano (2003)
"The'microwatt node' ln addition to the above, a large number of small and extremely simple devices - 'microwatt nodes' - will be spread around the ..."

2. Radiation, Light and Illumination: A Series of Engineering Lectures by Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1909)
"... to give one microwatt per sq. cm.; that is, the standard of illumination would be the illumination produced by one microwatt of radiation power, ..."

3. The Principles of Electric Wave Telegraphy and Telephony by John Ambrose Fleming (1919)
"In Austin's experiments in 1910 he found that a receiving antenna current of 10 microamperes, or received energy of 1/400 of a microwatt, gave a just ..."

4. Radiation, Light and Illumination: A Series of Engineering Lectures by Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1918)
"... to give one microwatt per sq. cm.; that is, the standard of illumination would be the illumination produced by one microwatt of radiation power, ..."

5. Bulletin of the Bureau of Standards by Bureau of Standards, United States Bureau of Standards, United States (1915)
""Microvolts per microwatt" of radiant energy absorbed has but little meaning when used in connection with a Thomson galvanometer. ..."

6. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1903)
"... 0.1 microwatt = 10"7 watt On such a basis the preceding equation would be written c = <f> ;i ti' ..."

7. Text-book on Wireless Telegraphy by Rupert Stanley (1919)
"signal, and that 40 microamperes, or Jg microwatt, were necessary for good readable signals. In Hogan's experiments more delicate receiving apparatus was ..."

8. Radiodynamics: The Wireless Control of Torpedoes and Other Mechanisms by Benjamin Franklin Miessner (1916)
"The efficiency of the thermocouple is such that one microwatt of radiant power produces about 0.02 microvolt per thermojunction in the thermopiles of ..."

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