W Definition

dubəlyo͝o
noun
The twenty-third letter of the English alphabet: its sound was represented in Anglo-Saxon manuscripts by uu or u until about a.d. 900, then by Ƿ (wen) borrowed from the runic alphabet; in the 11th cent. a ligatured VV or vv was introduced by Norman scribes to replace the wen.
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Any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the (w) of will.
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A type or impression for w or W.
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The 23rd in a series.
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The twenty-third in a sequence or group.
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Synonyms:
abbreviation
Waist.
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Weight.
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Watt(s)
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Week(s)
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Width.
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adjective
Of w or W.
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Twenty-third in a sequence or group.
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Shaped like W.
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symbol
Tungsten.
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letter

The twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, called double-u and written in the Latin script.

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The twenty-second letter of the English alphabet, called double U and written in the Latin script.

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interjection

(Internet slang, usually humorous) Delete that last word.

Yeah, he's a real jerk^W civility-challenged fellow.
Well, Mimi, you're old enough that you should go to parties now, so this should be your last year to tickle feet^W^W trick-or-treat.
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Other Word Forms of W

Noun

Singular:
w
Plural:
w-2s

Origin of W

  • w(olfram)

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

W Sentence Examples

  • Let this number be denoted by (w; 0, n).

  • In order to obtain the seminvari ants we would write down the (w; 0, n) terms each associated with a literal coefficient; if we now operate with 52 we obtain a linear function of (w - I; 8, n) products, for the vanishing of which the literal coefficients must satisfy (w-I; 0, n) linear equations; hence (w; 8, n)-(w-I; 0, n) of these coefficients may be assumed arbitrarily, and the number of linearly independent solutions of 52=o, of the given degree and weight, is precisely (w; 8, n) - (w - I; 0, n).

  • It is shown in the article on Combinatorial Analysis that (w; 0,n) is the coefficient of a e z w in the ascending expansion of the fraction 1-a.

  • We may, by a well-known theorem, write the result as a coefficient of z w in the expansion of 1 - z n+1.

  • T Aw 6(23)B A Series Of 2(W 2) Or Of 2(W I) Forms According As W Is Even Or Uneven.

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