"TWT" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /twɪt/ Forms: TWTs [plural]
Etymology: Abbreviation. Head templates: {{en-noun}} TWT (plural TWTs)
  1. (electronics) Initialism of travelling-wave tube. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: travelling-wave tube Categories (topical): Electronics
    Sense id: en-TWT-en-noun-oCQXCO-c Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 67 33 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: TWTs [plural]
Etymology: Short for "time? what time?". Probably modelled on earlier PWP. Head templates: {{en-noun}} TWT (plural TWTs)
  1. (fandom slang) A piece of fan fiction not set in any particular time period. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Fan fiction
    Sense id: en-TWT-en-noun-8GgGQsP5 Disambiguation of Fan fiction: 6 94 Topics: lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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