GW

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gw"

Translingual

Etymology 1

From G (“giga-”) +‎ W (“watt”).

Symbol

GW

  2. (metrology) Symbol for gigawatt, an SI unit of power equal to 109 watts.
    Holonyms: TW < PW
    Meronyms: mW < W < kW < MW
    • 2022 March 9, “State Approves $10.5 Million to Prepare the Port of Humboldt Bay for Offshore Wind”, in California Energy Commission‎[1] (in English):
      The terminal is expected to initially support the development of up to 1.6 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind in the Humboldt call area, enough electricity to power up to 1.6 million California homes.
Derived terms
  • GWh (“gigawatt-hour”)

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of Fula Gine-Bisaawo or Mandinka Gine-Bisawo.

Symbol

GW

  2. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Guinea-Bissau.
    Synonym: GNB (alpha-3)

English

Proper noun

GW

  1. Initialism of George Washington.
  2. Abbreviation of George Washington University.
    Synonym: GWU
  3. (Japan) Abbreviation of Golden Week.
  4. Initialism of George W. Bush.
    Synonyms: GWB, GBII, GB2, GB Jr., Dubya, W., 43

Noun

GW (plural GWs)

  1. (astronomy, astrophysics, physics) Initialism of gravitational wave.
  2. Initialism of goal weight.
    Coordinate terms: CW, HW, LW, SW, UGW

Japanese

Noun

GW(ゴールデンウィーク) • (Gōruden Wīku) 

  1. abbreviation of ゴールデンウィーク (Golden Week)
    GW(ゴールデンウィーク)初(しょ)日(にち) ― Gōruden Wīku shonichi ― the first day of Golden Week
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