milliwatt
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- noun
- /ˈmɪliˌwɑt/
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miliwatio
- If the earth were an ideal black body, 250 milliwatts would change the temperature by 0.04°C.
- range of milliwatts
Examples
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The initial device was relatively tiny and only produced 1.3 milliwatts of power.
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That necessary power is in the milliwatt range.
Academic text (2010) -
But this is just a a few milliwatts I think.
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Low power: 50 to 100 milliwatts.
Blog text (31) -
This was a 50 milliwatt unit originally, which has been increased to 600 milliwatts...
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To produce a milliwatt of power, unfortunately, the reactor consumes a kilowatt.
Blog text (1) -
Ultraviolet level now exceeding 100 milliwatts.
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Future outer solar systems, as well as other missions for which solar power is not sufficient, will require reliable, long-lived, rugged power sources, ranging from milliwatts to kilowatts, to support instruments and communications.
Academic text (2004) -
This was a 50 milliwatt unit originally, which has been increased to 600 milliwatts.
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To produce a milliwatt of power, unfortunately, the reactor consumes a kilowatt.
How Powerful
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Milliwatt comes from the prefix milli-, meaning 'one thousandth', plus watt, the unit named after engineer James Watt. So a milliwatt is 'one thousandth of a watt', a very small amount of power often used to talk about tiny electronic devices and laser pointers.