"microwatt" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: microwatts [plural], micro-watt [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós) Ancient Greek μῑκρο- (mīkro-)lbor. English micro- English watt English microwatt From micro- + watt. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|micro-<id:millionth>|watt|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós) Ancient Greek μῑκρο- (mīkro-)lbor. English micro- English watt English microwatt [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "small", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "small", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*mey-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "μῑκρός", "gloss" : "small", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "μῑκρο-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "micro-", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "watt", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "microwatt", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="microwatt"> From micro- + watt. Head templates: {{en-noun}} microwatt (plural microwatts)
  1. One millionth (10⁻⁶) of a watt. Wikidata QID: Q1823150 Derived forms: microwatt-hour, microwatt-year Related terms: mul:μW [alternative] Translations (one millionth of a watt): 微瓦 (wēiwǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), mikrowatti (Finnish), microwatt [masculine] (French), ไมโครวัตต์ (Thai)

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