abwatt

1. 1.

   a power unit equal to the power dissipated when 1 abampere flows across a potential difference of 1 abvolt (one ten-thousandth of a milliwatt)

   Broaderpower unit

   Part ofmilliwatt

Other forms of abwatt

plural

abwatts·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about abwatt

What does abwatt mean?

abwatt means "a power unit equal to the power dissipated when 1 abampere flows across a potential difference of 1 abvolt (one ten-thousandth of a milliwatt)".

How many syllables are in abwatt?

abwatt has 2 syllables: ab-watt. The stress falls on "ab".

Is abwatt a common word?

abwatt is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.