"PAW" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: PAWs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} PAW (countable and uncountable, plural PAWs)
  1. (uncountable) Abbreviation of plasma arc welding (an arc welding technology). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable Alternative form of: plasma arc welding (extra: an arc welding technology) Synonyms: PAW welding Hypernyms (PAW welding): AW (english: arc welding)
    Sense id: en-PAW-en-noun-xV-eh-1u Disambiguation of 'PAW welding': 69 31
  2. (countable) Abbreviation of plasma arc weld (a weld created with the PAW process). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable Alternative form of: plasma arc weld (extra: a weld created with the PAW process) Synonyms: PAW weld Hyponyms: PTAW (english: plasma tungsten arc welding), K-PAW (english: keyhole plasma arc welding), keyhole PAW, micro-PAW
    Sense id: en-PAW-en-noun-rVoQr7uV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Coordinate_terms: K-TIG welding, K-TIG, keyhole TIG welding, P-TIG welding, P-TIG, pulsed TIG welding, TIG welding, TIG, tungsten inert gas welding, GTAW (english: gas tungsten arc welding), MIG welding, MIG, metal inert gas welding, MAG welding, MAG, metal active gas welding, GMAW (english: glass metal arc welding), MMAW (english: manual metal arc welding), MCAW (english: metal cored arc welding), FCAW (english: flux cored arc welding)
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          "english": "flux cored arc welding",
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