"LW" meaning in English

See LW in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} LW
  1. Initialism of Lawyer's Weekly, an Australian newspaper for lawyers Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Lawyer's Weekly (extra: an Australian newspaper for lawyers) Categories (topical): Newspapers
    Sense id: en-LW-en-name-qkpwzvia Disambiguation of Newspapers: 41 14 1 10 32 2 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 29 1 24 22 4

Noun

Forms: LWs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} LW (countable and uncountable, plural LWs)
  1. (electronics) Initialism of long wave. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: long wave Categories (topical): Electronics
    Sense id: en-LW-en-noun-Lg57v1np Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 33 1 14 23 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 29 1 24 22 4 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  2. Initialism of low water. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: low water
    Sense id: en-LW-en-noun-wbRfKBVB
  3. (linguistics) Abbreviation of loanword. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: loanword Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-LW-en-noun-scvfhH8p Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 29 1 24 22 4 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  4. Initialism of letter writer — used as short-hand in comments to 'Dear Dorothy' advice columns. If there is more than one letter, then it's LWn, where n is the first/second etc. letter, such as LW1, LW2, and so on. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, letter, uncountable Alternative form of: write (extra: r — used as short-hand in comments to 'Dear Dorothy' advice columns. If there is more than one letter, then it's LWn, where n is the first/second etc. letter, such as LW1, LW2, and so on.)
    Sense id: en-LW-en-noun-uqEomccb Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 29 1 24 22 4
  5. Initialism of left wing. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: left wing
    Sense id: en-LW-en-noun-~DfTNFCW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: MW, SW, RF, MF, LF, VLF, ELF

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