"SAW" meaning in English

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Interjection

Head templates: {{head|en|interjection}} SAW
  1. (Islam, sometimes proscribed) صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ (ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wa-sallama, “peace be upon him”) Tags: proscribed, sometimes Categories (topical): Islam Synonyms: PBUH, AS
    Sense id: en-SAW-en-intj-3nInewI4 Categories (other): Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: SAWs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} SAW (plural SAWs)
  1. (military, US) A squad automatic weapon or section automatic weapon, a kind of light machine gun. Tags: US Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-SAW-en-noun-4HbPp-Js Categories (other): American English Topics: government, military, politics, war
  2. (physics) Initialism of surface acoustic wave. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: surface acoustic wave Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-SAW-en-noun-rCiuqt3g Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: DMR
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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