Definitions for "W"
Keywords:  vowel, alphabet, twenty, roman, weal
the twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, is usually a consonant, but sometimes it is a vowel, forming the second element of certain diphthongs, as in few, how. It takes its written form and its name from the repetition of a V, this being the original form of the Roman capital letter which we call U. Etymologically it is most related to v and u. See V, and U. Some of the uneducated classes in England, especially in London, confuse w and v, substituting the one for the other, as weal for veal, and veal for weal; wine for vine, and vine for wine, etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 266-268.
the 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet
The letter W is the twenty-third letter in the Latin alphabet. It is occasionally used as a vowel, similar to Y. Its name in English is double-u, which is the longest letter to pronounce. .
Keywords:  musume, tsuji, kago, nozomi, duo
J-pop duo associated with Hello! Project. Nozomi Tsuji and Ai Kago, former fourth generation members of Morning Musume, are in the group.
The W Broadway Local is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored yellow on the route sign (either on the front and/or side - depending on equipment used) and on station signs and the NYC Subway map, as it represents a service provided on the BMT Broadway Line through midtown Manhattan. Service runs local from Astoria-Ditmars Boulevard to Whitehall Street, and only from 06:00 to 21:50 on weekdays.
Keywords:  nast, cond, yorker, vogue, vanity
W is a monthly American fashion magazine published by Condé Nast Publications. Considered one of the most fashionable monthly publications, W is filled with ads for high fashion houses and rivals Vogue and Vanity Fair for sophistication and style. Many draw comparisons between its self-aware elitism and that of The New Yorker.
a heavy gray-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
Keywords:  joule, dissipated, ampere, ohm, across
a unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a resistance of 1 ohm
Keywords:  cardinal, compass, degrees, point
the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees
Keywords:  uptime, quick, summary, unix, imposing
The command w on many Unix-like operating systems provides a quick summary of every user logged into a computer, what that user is currently doing, and what load all the activity is imposing on the computer itself. The command is a one-command combination of several other Unix programs: who, uptime, and ps -a.