"PWA" meaning in English

See PWA in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

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  1. (historical, aviation) Initialism of Pacific Western Airlines. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism Alternative form of: Pacific Western Airlines
    Sense id: en-PWA-en-name-ZA8nUZ5F Categories (other): Aviation Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. (Philippines) Initialism of Philippine Web Awards. Tags: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Philippine Web Awards
    Sense id: en-PWA-en-name-TkI8gOIV Categories (other): Philippine English
  3. (historical, warez) Initialism of Pirates with Attitudes. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism Alternative form of: Pirates with Attitudes
    Sense id: en-PWA-en-name-B139m196
  4. (historical) Initialism of Portuguese West Africa. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism Alternative form of: Portuguese West Africa Coordinate_terms: PEA
    Sense id: en-PWA-en-name-QWTBOY6V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Organizations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 6 6 18 6 6 10 5 7 5 2 4 1 0 2 3 11 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 7 6 24 3 6 11 5 3 2 1 6 2 1 1 2 11 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 6 7 23 5 5 10 5 5 4 1 5 1 0 1 2 10 1 Disambiguation of Organizations: 6 5 5 26 4 7 10 4 8 6 4 4 1 0 0 2 8 1
  5. (professional wrestling) Initialism of Pro Wrestling America. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Pro Wrestling America
    Sense id: en-PWA-en-name-Pjek8SBs Categories (other): Professional wrestling Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, professional-wrestling, sports, war, wrestling
  6. (surfing) Initialism of Professional Windsurfers Association. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Professional Windsurfers Association
    Sense id: en-PWA-en-name-hKLJ1Yd1 Categories (other): Surfing Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, surfing
  7. (historical, India, Pakistan) Initialism of Progressive Writers' Association. Tags: India, Pakistan, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism Alternative form of: Progressive Writers' Association
    Sense id: en-PWA-en-name-wulHT~Iq Categories (other): Indian English, Pakistani English
  8. (historical, US politics) Initialism of Public Works Administration. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism Alternative form of: Public Works Administration
    Sense id: en-PWA-en-name-UmiHmsK6 Categories (other): US politics Topics: government, politics
  9. (professional wrestling) Initialism of Pro Wrestling Alliance. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Pro Wrestling Alliance
    Sense id: en-PWA-en-name-zrWxeZ8- Categories (other): Professional wrestling Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, professional-wrestling, sports, war, wrestling
  10. (professional wrestling, Canada) Initialism of Pure Wrestling Association. Tags: Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Pure Wrestling Association
  11. Initialism of Professional Women's Association. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Professional Women's Association
    Sense id: en-PWA-en-name-YJ~hHBLm
  12. Initialism of Pratt & Whitney Aerospace. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Pratt & Whitney Aerospace
    Sense id: en-PWA-en-name-pV3PZdh0 Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks
  13. Initialism of Portfolio of Water Actions. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Portfolio of Water Actions
    Sense id: en-PWA-en-name-vcTbSAXt

Noun

Forms: PWAs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} PWA (countable and uncountable, plural PWAs)
  1. (countable, quantum mechanics) Initialism of partial-wave analysis. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: partial-wave analysis
    Sense id: en-PWA-en-noun-w0Gfyvcp Categories (other): Quantum mechanics
  2. (countable, mathematics) Initialism of piecewise affine. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: piecewise affine
    Sense id: en-PWA-en-noun-PAcu5r-2 Categories (other): English terms with collocations, Mathematics Topics: mathematics, sciences
  3. (uncountable, electronics) Initialism of printed wire assembly. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: printed wire assembly
  4. (countable, software) Initialism of progressive web application. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: progressive web application
    Sense id: en-PWA-en-noun-kG1NB6qf Categories (other): Software Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software
  5. (countable) Initialism of person with AIDS. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: person with AIDS
    Sense id: en-PWA-en-noun-ndgH8Hl5

Inflected forms

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