W
is the twenty-third letter of the modern
Latin_alphabet.
W was invented in the
Runic_letter Wynn (Ƿ).
The
Romance /v/; therefore V no longer adequately represented
German—like in Romance—the
Dutch, W is an
approximant (with the exception of words with EEUW, which have [-e:w]).
In the
Swedish and
Finnish_alphabets, "W" is seen as a variant of "V" and not a separate letter. It is however recognised and maintained in names, like "William".
Whiskey represents the letter W in the
NATO_phonetic_alphabet.
Meanings for W
In calendars, W is often an abbreviation for Wednesday.
In chemistry, W is the symbol for tungsten, after its German name, Wolfram.
In computing,
w is a command on Unix systems that displays information on users currently logged in.
W is the name of a graphical windowing system for Unix platforms; see W_Window_System.
In film, W is the name of a 1973 American film; see W (film)
In the Metric_system, W is the symbol for the watt, the SI_derived_unit for power.
in physics,
W is often the variable for energy or work, measured in joules.
W is a kind of a subatomic particle, the W boson.
In politics, W is a nickname of American President George_W._Bush, sometimes spelled out as "Dubya" (the President's name is sometimes written "George Double-U Bush").
In publishing, W is the name of an American fashion magazine; see W_magazine.
In radiocommunication, W is one of the ITU_prefixes allocated to the United_States. W is generally used as the first letter of callsigns allocated to broadcast television or radio_stations east of the Mississippi_river.
In television,
W is the name of a Canadian digital_cable television_channel dedicated to women's issues, formerly called WTN; see W_Network.
W is the name of a television character on the cooking_show ''Good_Eats''.
In video_games,
W is the abbreviation for Wario, a Nintendo character.
Two-letter combinations starting with W:
wa wb wc wd we wf wg wh wi wj wk wl wm wn wo wp wq wr ws wt wu wv ww wx wy wz
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