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Definition: W

W

Noun

1. 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.

2. The cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees.

3. 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.

4. The 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "W" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: W

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Watt, a measure of electrical power equal to potential in volts times current in amps. (references)
 West. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Aozora Bukno: W

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See Aozora Bunko

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Casualties of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks

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Any tributes to the individuals lost in this tragedy are welcome and encouraged at our memorial site. Some articles originally posted to wikipedia have been moved there - if you are looking for such an article, please check there.

See also Missing Persons, Foreign casualties, and Survivors.

Casualties

Planes - World Trade Center - Pentagon
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

As of October 29, 2003, 2,995 people were presumed dead as a result of all four September 11 attacks. This includes the casualties at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, on the airplanes and the hijackers.

Planes

265 people killed on four planes; 232 passengers, 25 flight attendants, 8 pilots. (Note that this total includes the 19 hijackers, who reportedly boarded the planes as passengers.)

See also: Memorial wiki tributes to the occupants of each plane

World Trade Center

By October 29, 2003, 2605 people were listed as confirmed dead and 1058 bodies had been identified. (Note: this total does not include the 127 passengers and 20 crew on the two aircraft or the 10 hijackers).

The listing and memorial.

See also:

Missing Persons

The number of missing people grew to estimates as high as over 6000 in the months following the attack, but steadily declined as stories were checked and duplicate entries removed. (See Timeline of WTC missing).

As of August 2002, there were approximately 90 people who were officially missing; that is, their remains had not been identified and no family members had requested a death certificate.

Detailed listing.

Survivors

The great majority of the over 40,000 people working at the World Trade Center at the time of the attack evacuated safely, including 18 who escaped from above the impact zone in the second tower hit. By 9/20/2001 6291 people, including rescue and recovery workers, had been treated for injuries.

Detailed listing.

Pentagon

The Pentagon reports 125 staffers killed or missing, with 121 remains recovered and identified, as of Sept. 11, 2002. At least one person died later as a result of wounds incurred.

The listing and memorial.

Missing Persons

The Pentagon reports 4 staffers missing. One passenger on the airliner which hit the Pentagon was also never identified.

Detailed listing.

Survivors

88 treated at hospital.

Detailed entry.

Victim legends

Due to the very large number of World Trade Center casualties and missing persons, victim legends were a common form of September 11, Terrorist Attack urban legends. These were tales of victims who did not exist, spread by word-of-mouth and the Internet. Official sites, such as http://www.september11victims.com, contain accurate entries and are trusted content. Because Wikipedia, and many other websites allowed freely adding victims, there were no doubt many obvious fake entries. Fake victims added to these lists were often simply missing at the time of the attacks, or actually survivors of the attacks.

See also

September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack - Donations - Assistance - Memorials and Services

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List of airports: W

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List of airports: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

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List of books by title: W

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List of books in alphabetical order by title:

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

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List of cities in Germany starting with W

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List of cities in Germany: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

TownPopulationDistrictBundesland
Waiblingen52,685--Baden-Württemberg
Waren22,000MüritzMecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Weiden43,300--Bavaria
Weimar63,500--Thuringia
Westerstede20,900AmmerlandLower Saxony
Werdohl21,791Märkischer KreisNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Wiesbaden267,700--Hesse
Wildeshausen16,300OldenburgLower Saxony
Wilhelmshaven89,000--Lower Saxony
Winnenden27,214Rems-MurrBaden-Württemberg
Winsen32,100HarburgLower Saxony
Winterbach7,675Rems-MurrBaden-Württemberg
Winterberg14,757HochsauerlandNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Wismar48,800--Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Wittmund21,200WittmundLower Saxony
Wolfenbüttel53,600WolfenbüttelLower Saxony
Wolfsburg122,800--Lower Saxony
Worms80,600--Rhineland-Palatinate
Wört1,453OstalbkreisBaden-Württemberg
Wuppertal376,700--North Rhine-Westphalia
Würzburg126,400--Bavaria

A "--" in the district column means, that the town is a district-free town, i.e. it is by itself a district.

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List of colleges and universities starting with W

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A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z
  1. WHU Koblenz School of Corporate Management
  2. Wabash College (Crawfordsville, Indiana)
  3. Wageningen University (Wageningen, The Netherlands)
  4. Wagner College
  5. Waikato Polytechnic
  6. Waikato University
  7. Wakayama University
  8. Wake Forest University
  9. Wakkanai Hokusei Gakuen Junior College
  10. Walden University
  11. Walla Walla College
  12. Warner Pacific College
  13. Warren Wilson College
  14. Warsaw School of Economics
  15. Warsaw University
  16. Warsaw University of Technology
  17. Warwick University
  18. Waseda University
  19. Washburn University
  20. Washington and Lee University
  21. Washington Bible College and Capital Bible Seminary
  22. Washington College
  23. Washington State University
  24. Washington University in St. Louis
  25. Washtenaw Community College
  26. Waterford Regional Technical College
  27. Waubonsee Community College
  28. Wayne State University
  29. Waynesburg College
  30. Weber State University
  31. Webster University
  32. Weizmann Institute of Science
  33. Wellesley College
  34. Wells College
  35. Wentworth Institute of Technology
  36. Wesley College
  37. Wesleyan University
  38. West Chester University
  39. West Coast University
  40. West Georgia College
  41. West Liberty State College
  42. West Texas AandM University
  43. West University of Timisoara
  44. West Valley College
  45. West Virginia State College
  46. West Virginia University
  47. Western Baptist College
  48. Western Carolina University
  49. Western Connecticut State University
  50. Western Illinios University
  51. Western Iowa Community College
  52. Western Iowa Tech Community College
  53. Western Kentucky University
  54. Western Maryland College
  55. Western Michigan University
  56. Western Nebraska Community College
  57. Western Nevada Community College
  58. Western New England College
  59. Western New England College School of Law
  60. Western Oregon State College
  61. Western State College of Colorado
  62. Western Washington University
  63. Westfalische Wilhelms Universitat, Munster
  64. Westminster College, Missouri
  65. Westminster College, Oxford
  66. Westminster College, Pennsylvania
  67. Westminster College, Salt Lake City
  68. Westminster Theological Seminary
  69. Westmont College
  70. Westmoreland County Community College
  71. Wharton School
  72. Wheaton College, Illinois
  73. Wheaton College, Massachusetts
  74. Wheeling Jesuit College
  75. Whitecliffe College of Art and Design
  76. Whitman College
  77. Whittier College
  78. Whitworth College
  79. Wichita State University
  80. Widener University
  81. Wilfrid Laurier University
  82. Wilkes University
  83. Willamette University
  84. William Howard Taft University
  85. William Jewell College
  86. William Paterson College
  87. William Penn College
  88. William Rainey Harper College
  89. William Woods University
  90. Williams Baptist College
  91. Williams College
  92. Wilmington College
  93. Wingate University
  94. Winona State University
  95. Winthrop University
  96. Wittenberg University
  97. Wofford College
  98. Wolfson College, Oxford
  99. Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  100. Worthington Community College
  101. Wright State University
  102. Wroclaw Technical University
  103. Wu-Feng Junior College of Technology and Commerce
  104. Wuhan University (Alumni)
  105. Wuhan University of Technology

See also : Colleges and universities

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List of Japanese authors:W

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List of Japanese authors

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List of people by name: W

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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Wa-Wc - Wd - We-Wg - Wh - Wi - Wj-Wn - Wo-Wq - Wr-Wt - Wu - Wv-Wz

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List of people by name: Wa-Wc

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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

Wa-Wc - Wd - We-Wg - Wh - Wi - Wj-Wn - Wo-Wq - Wr-Wt - Wu - Wv-Wz

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List of people by name: Wd

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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

WaWc - Wd - We-Wg - Wh - Wi - Wj-Wn - Wo-Wq - Wr-Wt - Wu - Wv-Wz

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List of people by name: We-Wg

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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Wa - Wb - Wc - Wd - We-Wg - Wh - Wi - Wj-Wn - WoWq - Wr - Ws - Wt - Wu - Wv - Ww - Wx - Wy - Wz

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List of people by name: Wh

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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

Wa-Wc - Wd - We-Wg - Wh - Wi - Wj-Wn - Wo-Wq - Wr-Wt - Wu - Wv-Wz

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List of people by name: Wi

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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

WaWc - Wd - We-Wg - Wh - Wi - Wj-Wn - Wo-Wq - Wr-Wt - Wu - Wv-Wz

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List of people by name: Wj-Wn

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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Wa - Wb - Wc - Wd - We - Wf - Wg - Wh - Wi - Wj-Wn - Wo-Wq - Wr - Ws - Wt - Wu - Wv - Ww - Wx - Wy - Wz

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List of people by name: Wo-Wq

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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Wa - Wb - Wc - Wd - We - Wf - Wg - Wh - Wi - Wj-Wn - Wo-Wq - Wr - Ws - Wt - Wu - Wv - Ww - Wx - Wy - Wz

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List of people by name: Wr-Wt

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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z WaWc - Wd - We-Wg - Wh - Wi - Wj-Wn - Wo-Wq - Wr-Wt - Wu - Wv-Wz

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List of people by name: Wu

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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

Wa-Wc - Wd - We-Wg - Wh - Wi - Wj-Wn - Wo-Wq - Wr-Wt - Wu - Wv-Wz

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List of people by name: Wv-Wz

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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Wa - Wb - Wc - Wd - We-Wg - Wh - Wi - Wj-Wn - Wo-Wq - Wr - Ws - Wt - Wu - Wv-Wz

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List of rare diseases starting with W

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This list of rare diseases was originally taken from the NIH public domain resource at http://ord.aspensys.com/asp/diseases/diseases.asp .

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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List of songs by name: W

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List of songs by name: 0 - A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z
  1. "Wages Of Sin" - Bruce Springsteen
  2. "Waitin' On A Sunny Day" - Bruce Springsteen
  3. "Waiting For the End of the World" - Elvis Costello
  4. "Waiting For the Great Leap Forwards" - Billy Bragg
  5. "Waiting For the UFOs" - Graham Parker
  6. "Wake Up" - Alanis Morissette
  7. "Wake Up" - Korn
  8. "Wake Up" - Rage Against the Machine
  9. "Wake Up" - XTC
  10. "Wake Up and Make Love With Me" - Ian Dury
  11. "Walk On" - John Hiatt
  12. "Walk On" - Neil Young
  13. "Walking On Thin Ice" - Yoko Ono
  14. "Wanderlust" - Sailing to Philadelphia by Mark Knopfler
  15. "War Child" - Blondie
  16. "War Dance" - XTC
  17. "Warmed over Kisses (Leftover Love)" - Dave Edmunds
  18. "Warming Up To the Ice Age" - John Hiatt
  19. "Washington Bullets" - The Clash
  20. "Wasteland" - The Jam
  21. "Watch the Moon Come Down" - Graham Parker
  22. "Watch Your Step" - Elvis Costello
  23. "Watching the Detectives" - My Aim Is True by Elvis Costello
  24. "Waterloo" - ABBA - (1974, English version) Eurovision Song Contest entry.
  25. "Waterloo" - ABBA - (Swedish version)
  26. "Waterloo" - ABBA - (French version)
  27. "Waterloo" - ABBA - (German version)
  28. "Waterloo" - ABBA - (French/Swedish version)
  29. "Wave A White Flag" - Elvis Costello
  30. "Wave of Mutilation" - Pixies
  31. "Way Beyond Blue" - Catatonia
  32. "We And Dem" - Uprising by Bob Marley & the Wailers
  33. "We Are the Champions" - Queen
  34. "We Can't Live Together" - Joe Jackson
  35. "We Didn't Start the Fire" - Storm Front by Billy Joel
  36. "We Don't Give a Fuck" - Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood by DMX
  37. "We Will Rock You" - Queen
  38. "We're Only Gonna Die for Our Sins" - 40 Oz. to Freedom by Sublime
  39. "Wearing the Inside Out" - The Division Bell by Pink Floyd
  40. "Wednesday Week" - Elvis Costello
  41. "Wendy" - The Beach Boys
  42. "Welcome To The Working Week" - Elvis Costello
  43. "Werewolves of London" - Warren Zevon
  44. "What?" - The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest
  45. "What a Wonderful World" - Many artists, including Louis Armstrong and Marvin Gaye
  46. "What Can You Do" - Suffer by Bad Religion
  47. "What Do I Have to Do" - Wither Blister Purn and Peel by Stabbing Westward
  48. "What Do You Want From Me" - The Division Bell by Pink Floyd
  49. "What Goes Around Comes Around" - Bob Marley & the Wailers
  50. "What Goes On" - Velvet Underground by Velvet Underground
  51. "What Happened" - 40 Oz. to Freedom by Sublime
  52. "What it Feels Like For a Girl" - Madonna
  53. "What Is Is" - Sailing to Philadelphia by Mark Knopfler
  54. "What Jails Is Like" - Gentlemen by Afghan Whigs
  55. "What So Never the Dance" - Bootsy Collins
  56. "What the Blood Clot" - Tical by Method Man
  57. "What Time Is It" - Pocket Full of Kryptonite by Spin Doctors
  58. "What Would the Community Think" - What Would the Community Think by Cat Power
  59. "What Ya Gonna Do" - Till Shiloh by Buju Banton with Wayne Wonder
  60. "What You Do to Me" - Bandwagonesque by Teenage Fanclub
  61. "What's Beef?" - Life After Death by Notorious B.I.G
  62. "What's Going On" - What's Going On by Marvin Gaye
  63. "What's Golden" - Power in Numbers by Jurassic 5
  64. "What's Her Name Today" - Elvis Costello
  65. "What's My Name" - The Clash
  66. "What's My Name" - Snoop Doggy Dogg
  67. "What's Reminding Me of You" - Lucky 7 by Reverent Horton Heat
  68. "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding" - Elvis Costello
  69. "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding" - Nick Lowe
  70. "What's the Frequency, Kenneth" - Monster by R.E.M
  71. "What's Wrong With This Picture?" - Lloyd Cole
  72. "What's Your Fantasy" - How High soundtrack by Method Man and Redman
  73. "What's Your Favourite Colour" - Vivid by Living Colour
  74. "Whatever Way the Wind Blows" - Marshall Crenshaw
  75. "When I Come Around" - Dookie by Green Day
  76. "When I Get Home" - The Beatles
  77. "When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)" - The Beach Boys
  78. "When I'm 64" - Yellow Submarine by The Beatles
  79. "When the Music Stops" - The Eminem Show by Eminem
  80. "When You're Not Around" - Joe Jackson
  81. "When You're Young" - The Jam
  82. "Whenever You're on My Mind" - Marshall Crenshaw
  83. "Where is the Love?" - Black Eyed Peas featuring Justin Timberlake
  84. "Where The Bands Are" - Bruce Springsteen
  85. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" - The Beatles
  86. "White Honey" - Graham Parker
  87. "White Knuckles" - Elvis Costello
  88. "White Light/White Heat" - White Light/White Heat by Velvet Underground
  89. "White Man In Hammersmith Palais" - The Clash
  90. "White Riot" - The Clash
  91. "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" - Achtung Baby by U2
  92. "Who's Your Baby Now" - Sailing to Philadelphia by Mark Knopfler
  93. "Wild Abandon" - Marshall Crenshaw
  94. "Wild Billy's Circus Story" - Bruce Springsteen
  95. "Wild Honey" - The Beach Boys
  96. "Wild Honey Pie" - The Beatles
  97. "Wild West" - Joe Jackson
  98. "Winterlong" - Neil Young
  99. "Wishing The Days Away" - Billy Bragg
  100. "Wish You Were Her" - Billy Bragg
  101. "Wish You Were Here" - Pink Floyd
  102. "Witch Hunt" - Moving Pictures by Rush
  103. "With a Little Help from My Friends" - The Beatles
  104. "Wonderful Life" - Black
  105. "Wonderwall" - Oasis
  106. "Working On The Highway" - Bruce Springsteen
  107. "World Turned Upside Down" - Billy Bragg
  108. "Worthless Thing" - Elvis Costello
  109. "Wouldn't It Be Good" - Nik Kershaw
  110. "Wouldn't It Be Nice" - The Beach Boys
  111. "Wreck On The Highway" - Bruce Springsteen
  112. "Wrong 'em Boyo" - The Clash
  113. "Why" - Joe Jackson
  114. "Why Can't A Man Stand Alone" - Elvis Costello
  115. "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" - The Beatles

    Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "List of songs by name: W."

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Poker jargon starting with W

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Poker jargon:

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

No jargon listed at this time

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Tungsten

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General
Name, Symbol, NumberTungsten, W, 74
Chemical series Transition metals
Group, Period, Block6 (VIB), 6 , d
Density, Hardness 19250 kg/m3, 7.5
Appearance grayish white, lustrous
Atomic properties
Atomic weight 183.84 amu
Atomic radius(calc.) 135 (193) pm
Covalent radius 146 pm
van der Waals radius no data
Electron configuration [Xe]44f14 5d4 6s2
e- 's per energy level2, 8, 18, 32, 12, 2
Oxidation states (Oxide) 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 (mildly acidic)
Crystal structure Cubic body centered
Physical properties
State of matter solid
Melting point 3695 K (6192 °F)
Boiling point 5828 K (10031 °F)
Molar volume 9.47 ×1010-3 m3/mol
Heat of vaporization 824 kJ/mol
Heat of fusion 35.4 kJ/mol
Vapor pressure 4.27 Pa at 3680 K
Speed of sound 5174 m/s at 293.15 K
Miscellaneous
Electronegativity 2.36 (Pauling scale)
Specific heat capacity 130 J/(kg*K)
Electrical conductivity 18.9 106/m ohm
Thermal conductivity 174 W/(m*K)
1st ionization potential 770 kJ/mol
2nd ionization potential 1700 kJ/mol
Most stable isotopes
isoNAhalf-life DMDE MeVDP
180W0.12%7.4 E16 y&alphano datano data
182W26.50%8.3 E18 yαno datano data
183W14.3%1.1 E17 yisono datano data
184W30.64%4 E18 yαno data180Hf
186W28.43%6.5 E18 yαno datano data
SI units & STP are used except where noted.
Tungsten (formerly wolfram) is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol W and atomic number 74. A very hard, heavy, steel-gray to white transition metal, tungsten is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite and is remarkable for its robust physical properties. The pure form is used mainly in electrical applications but its many compounds and alloys are widely used in many applications (most notably in light bulb filaments and in space-age superalloys).

Notable characteristics

Pure tungsten is a steel-gray to tin-white hard metal. Tungsten can be cut with a hacksaw when it is very pure (it is brittle and hard to work when impure) and is otherwise worked by forging, drawning, or extruding. This element has the highest melting point (3422 °C), lowest vapor pressure and the highest tensile strength at temperatures above 1650 °C of all metals. Its corrosion resistance is excellent and it can only be attacked slightly by most mineral acids. Tungsten metal forms a protective oxide when exposed to air. When alloyed in small quantities with steel, it greatly increases its hardness.

Applications

Tungsten is a metal with a wide range of uses, the largest of which is as tungsten carbide (W2C, WC) in cemented carbides. Cemented carbides (also called hardmetals) are wear-resistant materials used by the metalworking, mining, petroleum and construction industries. Tungsten is widely used in light bulb and television tube filaments, as well as electrodes, because it can be drawn into very thin metal wires that have have a high melting point. Other uses;

Miscellaneous: Oxides are used in ceramic glazes and calcium/magnesium tungstates are used widely in fluorescent lighting. The metal is also used in X-ray targets, heating elements for electrical furnaces. Salts that contain tungsten are used in the chemical and tanning industries. Tungsten 'bronzes' (so called due to the colour of the tungsten oxides) along with other compounds are used in paints.

History

Tungsten (Swedish tung sten meaning "heavy stone") was first hypothesized to exist by Peter Woulfe in 1779 who examined wolframite (which was later named for Woulfe) and concluded that it must contain a new substance. In 1781 Carl Wilhelm Scheele ascertained that a new acid could be made from tungstenite. Scheele and Berman suggested that it could be possible to obtain a new metal by reducing tungstic acid. In 1783 José and Fausto Elhuyar found an acid in wolframite that was identical to tungstic acid. In Spain later that year the brothers succeeded in isolating tungsten through reduction of this acid with charcoal. They are credited with the discovery of the element.

Biological role

Enzymes called oxidoreductases use tungsten in a way that is similar to molybdenum by using it in a tungsten-pterin complex.

On August 20, 2002 officials representing the US based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that urine tests on leukemia patient families and control group families in the Fallon, Nevada area had shown elevated levels of the metal tungsten in the bodies of both groups. 16 recent cases of cancer in children were discovered in the Fallon area which has now been identified as a "Cancer Cluster." Dr. Carol H. Rubin, a branch chief at the CDC, said data demonstrating a link between tungsten and leukemia are not available at present.

Occurrence

Tungsten is found in the minerals wolframite (iron-manganese tungstate, FeWO4/MnWO4) , scheelite (calcium tungstate, CaWO4), ferberite and huebnerite. Important deposits of these minerals are in Bolivia, California, China, Colorado, Portugal, Russia, and South Korea (with China producing about 75% of the world's supply). The metal is commercially produced by reducing tungsten oxide with hydrogen or carbon.

Compounds

The most common oxidation state of tungsten is +6. Other oxidation states of tungsten are +2, +3, +4, +5, but it exhibits all oxidation states from -2 to 6. Tungsten typically combines with oxygen to form the yellow tungstic oxide, WO3, which dissolves in aqueous alkaline solutions to form tungstate ions, WO42-.

Aqueous polyoxoanions

Aqueous tungstate solutions are noted for the formation of polyoxoanions under neutral and acidic conditions. As tungstate is progressively treated with acid, it first yields the soluble, metastable "paratungstate A" anion, W7O246-, which over hours or days converts to the less soluble "paratungstate B" anion, H2W12O4210-. Further acidification produces the very soluble metatungstate anion, H2W12O406-, after equilibrium is reached. The metatungstate ion exists as a symmetric cluster of twelve tungsten-oxygen octahedra known as the "Keggin" anion. Many other polyoxoanions exist as metastable species. The inclusion of a different atom such as phosphorus in place of the two central hydrogens in metatungstate produces a wide variety of the so-called heteropolyanions.

Isotopes

Naturally occurring tungsten is made of five radioisotopes that have such absurdly long half lifes that for most practical purposes are considered stable. 27 other radioisotopes have been characterized, with the most stable being W-181 with a half-life of 121.2 days, W-185 with a half-life of 75.1 days, W-188 with a half-life of 69.4 days and W-178 with a half-life of 21.6 days. All of the remaining radioactive isotopes have half-lifes that are less than 24 hours, and the majority of these have half-lifes that are less than 8 minutes. This element also has 4 meta states, with the most stable being W-179m (t½ 6.4 minutes).

The isotopes of tungsten range in atomic weight from 157.974 amu (W-158) to 189.963 amu (W-190). The primary decay mode before the most abundant isotope, W-184, is electron capture, and the primary mode after is beta decay. The primary decay products before W-184 are element 73 (tantalum) isotopes, and the primary products after are element 75 (rhenium) isotopes.

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W

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

W is the twenty-third letter of the modern Latin alphabet.

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

W was invented in the 7th century by Anglo-Saxon writers, it was originally a double U (hence its English name, because the /w/ sound was spelled "uu"). The Latin /w/ sound developed into Romance /v/; therefore V no longer adequately represented Germanic /w/. In German - like in Romance - the phoneme /w/ was lost, this is why German W represents /v/ rather than /w/. In 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.

W is also:

Two-letter combinations starting with W:

Words beginning with the letter W, suitable for teaching children the alphabet

  • waffle
  • wag
  • wallet
  • warrior
  • wash
  • watch
  • water
  • wax
  • wee
  • Wendy
  • wheel
  • whisper
  • whistle
  • whiz
  • William
  • willow
    		•
  • window
  • wishing well
  • wood
  • wool
  • wrinkle
  • wrong
  • Wyoming

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    W and Z bosons

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    The W boson is an elementary particle, having an electric charge of just ±1, a mass of 80.4110 GeV (about 80 times the proton's mass), and weak isospin of the same. There exist three varieties of W bosons: positively-charged types, negatively-charged (antiparticles of each other) types, and the Z boson, which possesses no charge whatsoever. The discovery of the W Boson occurred in 1983, during a series of SPS accelerator-based experiments being conducted by Carlo Rubbia and Simon Van der Meer, working at the CERN laboratory. For their efforts, they were awarded the Nobel Prize, one year later.

    W and Z bosons mediate the weak nuclear force. The W Boson is best known for mediating reactions for nuclear decay (fission). For example

    n → p + e− + νe
    (neutron decays into proton + electron + anti-neutrino). This reaction is known as beta decay. The opposite process also occurs:
    p + e− → n + νe
    (proton + electron goes to neutron + neutrino) and is called electron capture. Since protons are not fundamental particles (they are made up of quarks), it is the quarks that interact. The first example is then
    d → W− + u,
    and then the W− decays into an electron and electron-type neutrino.

    That the W and Z bosons have mass is something of a conundrum. The W and Z are accurately described by a SU(2)xU(1) Gauge theory, but the bosons in a gauge theory must be massless. The photon is also massless because the photon and electromagnetism are described by a U(1) gauge theory. Some mechanism is required to break the SU(2) symmetry, giving mass to the W and Z in the process. The most popular is called the Higgs mechanism, and requires an extra particle, the Higgs Boson.

    The combination of the SU(2) gauge theory describing the W and Z, the electromagnetic interaction, and the Higgs mechanism is known as the Glashow-Weinberg-Salam model. Glashow, Weinberg, and Salam won the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics for this work. These days it is very widely accepted, and has been adopted as part of the standard model of particle physics. At the present time (Sep 25, 2001), the only missing piece of this model is the Higgs Boson.

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    W magazine

    (From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

    W magazine is a monthly American fashion magazine.

    Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "W magazine."

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    W Window System

    (From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

    The W Window System is a graphical windowing system and is the precursor in name and concept to the modern X Window System.

    W was originally developed at Stanford University by Paul Asente and Brian Reid, and originally ran under V. In 1983, Paul Asente and Chris Kent ported the system to UNIX on the VS100, giving a copy to those working at MIT's Laboratory for Computer Science.

    In 1984, Bob Scheifler of MIT replaced the synchronous protocol of W with an asynchronous alternative and named the result X.

    External Links

    http://www.linuxhacker.org/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi/5/2126

    Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "W Window System."

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    Watt

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    The watt (symbol: W) is the SI derived unit for power. It is equivalent to 1 joule per second (1 J/s), or in electrical units, 1 volt-ampere (1 V · A). The watt was named after James Watt for his contributions in the development of the steam engine.

    See also : kWh

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    Website

    (From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

    simple:Website A website or web site is a collection of web pagess, that is, documents accessible via the World Wide Web on the Internet. The pages of a website will be accessed from a common root URL, the homepage, and usually reside on the same physical server. The URLs of the pages organize them into a hierarchy, although the hyperlinks between them control how the reader perceives the overall structure.

    Overview

    A website will often be the work of one person, one organization, or on a particular topic, or have a particular purpose. This is quite a blurry definition, given the hypertext nature of the web: the whole of Wikipedia forms a website, but whether the Meta-Wikipedia pages are part of the same website or a sister website is open to debate.

    Web sites are written in HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) and are accessed using special software called web browsers. Plugins are available for browsers which allow them to show active content, such as Flash, Shockwave or applets written in Java. Some interactive content may also be generated with JavaScript, support for which is built-in for most browsers. An emerging standard called Dynamic HTML is starting to make an appearance, though no standard has been formally adopted yet.

    Types of Websites

    There are numerous types of websites, each specializing in a particualr service or use. A few types of websites include:

    Many websites are a mixture of types. For example, a business web site may promote the business's products, but may also host informative documents, such as white papers. There are also numerous sub-categories to the ones listed above. For example, a porn site is a specific type of eCommerce site or business site (that is, it is trying to sell memberships for access to its site). A fan site may be a vanity site on which the administrator is paying homage to a celebrity.

    Many business websites, have all the appearance of brochures—that is an advertisement that can be strolled around. Some websites act as vehicles to communicate with other people: Webchat.

    The content of a website is constrained by the hosting computer's power, and also legally, e.g. by copyright, pornography laws, etc.

    See also: Web content management

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    West

    (From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

    West is most commonly a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography.

    West is the direction towards which the sun sets at the equinox. It is one of the four cardinal points of the compass, upon which it is considered the opposite of East, and at right angles to North and South.

    "The West" also often refers to Western countries. When used in this sense, it could mean anything from NATO, Europe and North America with or without Japan to whole Judeo-Christian civilisation. This meaning of the word merges with the concept of Western society.

    "West" can also refer to the American West, especially during the end of the 19th century. It is also called the "Old West". Compare The Frontier.

    See also: Western movie

    Quotes

    WEST, n. Part of world which lies to the west (or to the east) of East - Ambrose Bierce

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    Abbreviations & Acronyms: W

    The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
    EntrySourceExpressionField

    W

    		DanishVridningstalMedicine

    W

    		DutchWobbe-indexPhysics

    W

    		EnglishWordsN/A

    W

    		FinnishWattiPublic Administration

    W

    		FrenchIndice de WobbePhysics

    W

    		GermanWestenGeography
    B & WEnglishBlack & WhiteN/A

    Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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    Synonyms: W

    Synonyms: atomic number 74 (n), due west (n), tungsten (n), watt (n), west (n), wolfram (n). (additional references)

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    Crosswords: W

    English words defined with "W": C.P.U. ♦ F ♦ guinea, guinea fowl ♦ harmattan ♦ Malay, Malayan, megalith, megalithic structure ♦ Numida meleagris ♦ typhoon. (references)
    Specialty definitions using "W": ALGOL W, azimuth angle ♦ bearing angle, boric acid make up tank ♦ calendar queue ♦ Dobby's Walk ♦ equivalent width ♦ From hence ♦ Hill-folk ♦ Kiss the Gunner's Daughter ♦ LEAPING OVER THE SWORD, Letter-Gae ♦ mixing ratio, most general unifier ♦ Notarica ♦ pacing group ♦ reheater load, rotational transform ♦ Soldiers of Fortune, specific humidity, Stanton number, Stanton's no., Stefan-Boltzmann Law, Steiner's triple systems ♦ temporal logic, tensor product, true width ♦ unit coal ♦ Vote, vulture capitalist ♦ Wa characteristic charging. (references)
    Non-English Usage: "W" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

    Chinese (WS), German (grasp), Haitian Creole (you), Polish (a, in, inside, into, on, per, within).

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    Modern Usage: W

    DomainUsage

    Screenplays

    I work on the 19th floor - Ordinary Policy department - Premium Accounting division - Section W - desk number 861. (The Apartment; writing credit: Billy Wilder ; I.A.L. Diamond)

    Lyrics

    W gonna have a good time (No Matta What (Party All Night); performing artist: Toya)

    Movie/TV Titles

    Drzwi w murze (1974)

    W (1974)

    Droga w swietle ksiezyca (1972)

    Perla w koronie (1972)

    Podstawy BHP w kopalni miedzi (1972)

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    Commercial Usage: W

    DomainTitle

    References

    • Bank Handlowy w Warszawie SA: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    • Bank Slaski Spolka Akcyjna w Katowicach: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    • W H Smith PLC: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    • W W Capital Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    • T & W Financial Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

      (more reference examples)

      

    Books

    • Tor alternatywny w mitochondriach ameby (Acanthamoeba castellanii Neff) (reference)

    • Wenecka oficyna Alda Manucjusza i Polska w orbicie jej wp±ywów (reference)

    • Jak Wygrac z -- Parking violations bureau, czyli, Co zrobic aby uchronic sie przed zap±aceniem mandatu : poradnik dla kazdego kierowcy w Nowym Jorku (reference)

    • Rozmieszczenie rodzaju Achillea L. w Polsce ze szczegâolnym uwzglñednieniem âSlñaska : spis stanowisk i mapy (reference)

    • Report on the Proposed Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the International Tribunal to Adjudicate W (reference)

      (more book examples)

      

    Periodicals

      

    Theater & Movies

    • The Gibraltar Catastrophe (Katastrofa W Gibraltarze) (reference)

    • Wwfs Hottest Matches/Superstar W (reference)

    • The Saragossa Manuscript (Rekopis znaleziony w Saragossie) (reference)

    • Fast Motorcycles & Beautiful W (reference)

    • Freestyle Roping:Ultimate Jump-Rope W (reference)

      (more DVD examples; more video examples)

      

    Music

      

    High Tech

    • GE 29292ge1 Bedroom Phone w / Caller ID and dual alarm (reference)

    • DYMO Cosmic Red Plastic Tape w Black Printing, LetraTag only, 1/2" x 13' (reference)

    • Canon Sure Shot Z90 W Caption Zoom 35mm Camera (reference)

    • Liner 1250 W Power Lineconditioner 120v (reference)

    • 20 Capacity CD/zip Wire Tower W Mesh-black (reference)

      (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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    Image Slideshow: W

    Photos:
    W

    More pictures...

    Illustrations:
    W

    More pictures...

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    Photo Album: W

    ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

    This image was taken by Clementine as it came over the north lunar pole at thecompletion of mapping orbit 102 on March 13, 1994. The angular separation between lunar horizon and Earth has been reduced for illustration purposes.The large crater at the bottom of the image is Plaskett (180 W longitude, 82 N latitude).(A version of this image with just the Earth in the image is available on theNSSDC Photo Gallery: Earth page.). Credit: NASA.

    Boats from HMS EREBUS and HMS TERROR - Captain James Clark Ross Sounded in open ocean at 27.43 S and 17.48 W Recorded depth of approximately 2200 fathoms First modern successful sounding in deep ocean. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

    Cornwallis Island. 61 04 S Latitude 54 28 W Longitude. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

    Elephant Island in the distance - island Shackleton left from on 800 mile open boat trip to South Georgia Island. 61 10 S Latitude 55 14 W Longitude. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

    Sea smoke over open water along the Ross Ice Shelf at the Bay of Whales. 78 30 S Latitude 164 20 W Longitude. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

    The U. S. halibut vessel Queen, home port out of Seattle. Typical of smaller wooden-hull vessels about 50 feet long. At 57 52 North Latitude 136 49 W Longitude. Credit: Fisheries.

    A composite of TIROS III pictures. The main cloud mass located near 12 N, 43 W later developed into Hurricane Anna. The picture projects down on to the map. The dashed lines correlate photography with the cloud interpretation on the map. Credit: NOAA in Space.

    Mountain Elk Wall, a student intern from the Salish/Kootenai College on the Flathead Indian Reservation, is working on a native grasslands study, transecting different populations of grasses to see if they are deteriorating or growing, and investigating w. Credit: Bob Nichols.

    Kevin Sites, (left), NRCS Resource Conservationist, Shelby, MT, discusses multiple range conservation practices, such as watering developments, pipelines, and fences. Producer is one of the first American Indian producers to enter a conservation program w. Credit: Bob Nichols.

    Wesley Gordon, NRCS District Conservationist, and a local community college student discuss the operation of a mine water remediation project. The project passively treats water in a natural wetlands system which causes the iron oxide to filter from the w. Credit: Bob Nichols.

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    Digital Photo Gallery: W
     

    "W.P." by Kelly Abbott
    Commentary: "I just saw my dog eat cat poop."    		"Dusk w moon" by Jozsef Szoke
    Commentary: "Dusk with moon and illuminated jewish temple."

    Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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    Non-Fiction Usage: W

    SubjectTopicQuote

    Economic History

    Australia

    All existing generating capacity, plus what is scheduled to be built will total 230,000 GWh, which means that 6,000 W to 8,000 MW of new capacity must be installed. (references)

    Benin

    In the north and the northwest of Benin the Reserve du W du Niger and Pendjari National Park attract tourists eager to see elephants, lions, antelopes, hippos, and monkeys. (references)

    Lebanon

    The U.S.-based Starwood Hotels and Resorts, operators of the Sheraton, Westin, Four Points Sheraton, and W brand hotels, signed contracts to manage seven hotels in Lebanon. (references)

    Travel

    Barbados

    Runway: L 6,200 feet x W 150 feet. (references)

    Lexicography

    Devil's Dictionary

    		VOTE, n. The instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country. W W (double U) has, of all the letters in our alphabet, the only cumbrous name, the names of the others being monosyllabic. This advantage of the Roman alphabet over the Grecian is the more valued after audibly spelling out some simple Greek word, like epixoriambikos. Still, it is now thought by the learned that other agencies than the difference of the two alphabets may have been concerned in the decline of "the glory that was Greece" and the rise of "the grandeur that was Rome." There can be no doubt, however, that by simplifying the name of W (calling it "wow," for example) our civilization could be, if not promoted, at least better endured.

    Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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    Usage Frequency: W

    "W" is generally used as an alphabetical symbol -- approximately 36.87% of the time. "W" is used about 3,861 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
    Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
    100 Million Words    		Rank in English
    Alphabetical Symbol36.87%1,4235,650
    Unclassified Items35.37%1,3665,840
    Noun (proper)24.61%9507,633
    Noun (common)2.92%11330,464
    Noun (singular)0.23%9117,287
                        Total100.00%3,861N/A

    Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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    Usage in Company Names: W

    CountryNameCountryName
    Poland

    Bank Handlowy w Warszawie SA

    		United Kingdom

    W H Smith PLC

    USA

    T & W Financial Corporation

     (more examples...)  

    Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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    Expressions: W

    Expressions using "W": algol W ♦ B . W ♦ C and W ♦ Gilmanton Iron W ♦ I W W ♦ W fruticosa ♦ W Harrison ♦ W Hartford ♦ W Mifflin Fin ♦ W Townsend. Additional references.

    Hyphenated Usage

    Beginning with "W": w-a, w-as, w-based, w-categories, w-cell, w-cells, W-e-ell, W-e-i-r, w-hat, w-i-t-h, w-o-m-a-n, w-ould, w-particle, w-particles, w-reg, w-registered, w-shaped, w-the, w-type, w-was, w-wear, w-whaddya, w-what, w-who, w-why, w-will, w-winter, w-wo, W-wool, w-worried, w-w-way, w-w-wilderness, w-w-w-want, W-w-w-what, w-w-w-w-wogs.

    Ending with "W": E-w.

    Containing "W": g-a-w-n, M-o-w-s-e, u-n-w-e-l-l.

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    Frequency of Internet Keywords: W

    The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
     
    ExpressionFrequency
    per Day    		ExpressionFrequency
    per Day

    w

    		16,428

    w ww

    		179

    george w bush

    		5,108

    w chicago hotel

    		172

    w hotel

    		2,044

    president george w bush

    		172

    michael w smith

    		1,138

    a and w root beer

    		171

    w 4 form

    		814

    abagnale frank w

    		146

    w 4

    		517

    andrew k w

    		142

    b w

    		504

    hotel w san francisco

    		138

    w m

    		430

    2003 4 form w

    		135

    b w speaker

    		398

    tungsten w

    		132

    w 9 form

    		379

    burn up w

    		128

    w magazine

    		346

    a and w restaurant

    		127

    s w

    		344

    diego hotel san w

    		123

    w 9

    		296

    w hotel new orleans

    		118

    inds w

    		258

    abagnale frank jr w

    		117

    w 2 form

    		245

    c w

    		115

    a w

    		243

    palm tungsten w

    		113

    w hotel new york

    		234

    micheal w smith

    		104

    george w bush picture

    		213

    w seattle hotel

    		101

    michael w smith lyrics

    		209

    u of w

    		100

    w 2

    		186

    flying w ranch

    		100
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    Modern Translation: W

    Language Translations for "W"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

    Danish

    		  

    Særprogram for forskning og teknologisk udvikling for EØF på området råstoffer og genbrug(1990-1992) (REWARD, Specific research and technological development programme of the EEC in the fields of raw materials and recycling-Re cycling of W aste R & D(1990-92)), fordringserhvervelsen,netto,over for den oevrige verden svarer til forskellen mellem aendringen i alle den nationale oekonomis finansielle aktiver og finansielle passiver vis-à-vis den oevrige verden (the net change in financial assets and liabilities vis-à-vis the rest of the world corresponds to the difference between the change in all financial assets held by the national economy against the rest of the world and the change in all the liabilities w), Fællesskabsinitiativ til fremme af lige muligheder for kvinder inden for beskæftigelse og erhvervsuddannelse (Community initiative to promote equal opportunities for women in the field of employment and vocational training(N ew O pportunities for W omen)), bundfald (bad settlings, base, basic sediments, basic sediments and water, basic sludge and water, bottom, bottom sediments, bottom sediments and water, bottom settlings, BS and W, bushwash, crust, deposit, masking, précipitation, precipitate, precipitation, sediment, sediments and water). (various references)

       

    Dutch

    		  

    Specifiek programma van de Europese Economische Gemeenschap voor onderzoek en technologische ontwikkeling op het gebied van grondstoffen en recycling(1990-1992) (REWARD, Specific research and technological development programme of the EEC in the fields of raw materials and recycling-Re cycling of W aste R & D(1990-92)), onzuiverheden op de bodem van een bezinktank (bad settlings, basic sediments, basic sediments and water, basic sludge and water, bottom sediments, bottom sediments and water, bottom settlings, BS and W, bushwash, sediments and water), het saldo van vorderingen en schulden komt overeen met het verschil tussen de verandering van alle financiële vorderingen van de volkshuishouding op het buitenland enerzijds en de verandering van alle financiële schulden van de volkshuishouding aan het (the net change in financial assets and liabilities vis-à-vis the rest of the world corresponds to the difference between the change in all financial assets held by the national economy against the rest of the world and the change in all the liabilities w), Communautair initiatief ter bevordering van gelijke kansen voor vrouwen op het gebied van de werkgelegenheid en de beroepsopleiding (Community initiative to promote equal opportunities for women in the field of employment and vocational training(N ew O pportunities for W omen)). (various references)

       

    Finnish

    		  

    pohjasedimentit ja vesi (bad settlings, basic sediments, basic sediments and water, basic sludge and water, bottom sediments, bottom sediments and water, bottom settlings, BS and W, bushwash, sediments and water), kaivonpohjasedimentit ja-vesi (bad settlings, basic sediments, basic sediments and water, basic sludge and water, bottom sediments, bottom sediments and water, bottom settlings, BS and W, bushwash, sediments and water). (various references)

       

    French

    		  

    sédiments et résidus (BS and W), sédiment de base et eau (BS and W), radiation (W - O), le solde des créances et engagements envers le reste du monde correspond à la différence entre la variation de toutes les créances que l'économie nationale détient sur le reste du monde,et la variation de tous les engagements que l'économie nationa (the net change in financial assets and liabilities vis-à-vis the rest of the world corresponds to the difference between the change in all financial assets held by the national economy against the rest of the world and the change in all the liabilities w), Initiative communautaire pour la promotion de l'égalité des chances pour les femmes dans le domaine de l'emploi et de la formation professionnelle (Community initiative to promote equal opportunities for women in the field of employment and vocational training(N ew O pportunities for W omen)), hernie en W (W hernia), diazocopie (B . W), diazo (B . W), compte radié (W - O), étranglement rétrograde (W hernia). (various references)

       

    German

    		  

    Zweischlingenbruch (retrograde hernia, W hernia), retrograde Hernie (retrograde hernia, W hernia), Maydl Hernie (retrograde hernia, W hernia), Hernie en W (retrograde hernia, W hernia), Gemeinschaftsinitiative zur Förderung der Chancengleichheit für Frauen im Bereich Beschäftigung und berufliche Bildung (Community initiative to promote equal opportunities for women in the field of employment and vocational training(N ew O pportunities for W omen)), die Nettoveränderung der Forderungen und Verbindlichkeiten gegenüber der Übrigen Welt entspricht dem Unterschied zwischen der Veränderung aller Forderungen der inländischen Sektoren an die Übrige Welt und der Veränderung aller Verbindlichkeiten der (the net change in financial assets and liabilities vis-à-vis the rest of the world corresponds to the difference between the change in all financial assets held by the national economy against the rest of the world and the change in all the liabilities w), Bodensatz (deposit, dregs, grounds, lees, sediment), Bodenablagerung (bad settlings, basic sediments, basic sediments and water, basic sludge and water, bottom sediments, bottom sediments and water, bottom settlings, BS and W, bushwash, sediments and water). (various references)

       

    Greek 

    		  

    Κοινοτική πρωτοβουλία για την προώθηση της ισότητας ευκαιριών στον τομέα της απασχόλησης και της επαγγελματικής κατάρτισης (Community initiative to promote equal opportunities for women in the field of employment and vocational training(N ew O pportunities for W omen)), παλίνδρομος κήλη (retrograde hernia, W hernia), υπολείματα (odds and ends), η καθαρή μεταβολή των απαιτήσεων και υποχρεώσεων απέναντι στην αλλοδαπή αντιστοιχεί στη διαφορά ανάμεσα στη μεταβολή όλων των απαιτήσεων (the net change in financial assets and liabilities vis-à-vis the rest of the world corresponds to the difference between the change in all financial assets held by the national economy against the rest of the world and the change in all the liabilities w), αισθάνομαι πάρα πολύ καλά (be as right as rain, be on top of the w, feel good). (various references)

       

    Hungarian

    		  

    nyugat (occident, sundown, West). (various references)

       

    Italian

    		  

    sedimenti e residui di fondo (bad settlings, basic sediments, basic sediments and water, basic sludge and water, bottom sediments, bottom sediments and water, bottom settlings, BS and W, bushwash, sediments and water), Iniziativa comunitaria per la promozione della parità di opportunità per le donne nel settore dell'occupazione e della formazione professionale (Community initiative to promote equal opportunities for women in the field of employment and vocational training(N ew O pportunities for W omen)), il saldo delle attività e passività finanziarie verso il resto del mondo corrisponde alla differenza fra la variazione di tutte le attività finanziarie che l'economia nazionale ha sul resto del mondo e la variazione di tutte le passività finanziarie c (the net change in financial assets and liabilities vis-à-vis the rest of the world corresponds to the difference between the change in all financial assets held by the national economy against the rest of the world and the change in all the liabilities w), ernia retrograda (retrograde hernia, W hernia), ernia a W (retrograde hernia, W hernia). (various references)

       

    Japanese Kanji 

    		  

    船が揺れる (rocks w, the boat rolls, the waves). (various references)

       

    Pig Latin

    		  

    way.(various references)

       

    Portuguese

    		  

    Programa Específico de Investigação e de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico da CEE nos domínios das Matérias-Primas e da Reciclagem(1990-1992) (REWARD, Specific research and technological development programme of the EEC in the fields of raw materials and recycling-Re cycling of W aste R & D(1990-92)), Iniciativa comunitária para a promoção da igualdade de oportunidades para as mulheres no domínio do emprego e da formação profissional (Community initiative to promote equal opportunities for women in the field of employment and vocational training(N ew O pportunities for W omen)), hérnia W (retrograde hernia, W hernia), hérnia retrógrada (retrograde hernia, W hernia), água e sedimentos (bad settlings, basic sediments, basic sediments and water, basic sludge and water, bottom sediments, bottom sediments and water, bottom settlings, BS and W, bushwash, sediments and water). (various references)

       

    Russian 

    		  

    W's двадцать третья буква англ. алфавита (w 2), Ws (w 2). (various references)

       

    Spanish

    		  

    sedimentos y residuos (bad settlings, basic sediments, basic sediments and water, basic sludge and water, bottom sediments, bottom sediments and water, bottom settlings, BS and W, bushwash, sediments and water), Iniciativa comunitaria para la promoción de la igualdad de oportunidades en el ámbito del empleo y de la formación profesional (Community initiative to promote equal opportunities for women in the field of employment and vocational training(N ew O pportunities for W omen)), hernia retrógrada (retrograde hernia, W hernia), hernia en W (retrograde hernia, W hernia), el saldo de activos y pasivos financieros con el resto del mundo corresponde a la diferencia entre la variación de todos los activos financieros que la economía nacional detenta sobre el resto del mundo y la variación de todos los pasivos financieros q (the net change in financial assets and liabilities vis-à-vis the rest of the world corresponds to the difference between the change in all financial assets held by the national economy against the rest of the world and the change in all the liabilities w). (various references)

       

    Swedish

    		  

    sediment (sediment), bottensats (deposit, dregs, foots, Lees, sediment, settlings). (various references)

    Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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    Ancestral Language Translations: W

    LanguagePeriodTranslations
    Latin500 BCE-Modern

    aperte, aversa, aversae, aversi, aversum, aversus, bithalassum, caste, crudo, crudum, eleganter, histriatarum, incircumcisa, incircumcisae, incircumcisi, incircumcisis, incircumciso, incircumcisorum, incircumcisos, incircumcisus, mecum, mecumque, nobiscum, plexueris, remissius, secum, sinceres, sinceriter, tecum, tecumque, turbulentus, vobiscum. (various references)

    Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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    Bible Trace: W

    LanguageDateSourceJohn Chapter 9, Verse 5
    Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintOtan en tw kosmw w fwV eimi tou kosmou
    Latin405VulgateQuamdiu in mundo sum lux sum mundi
    Old English990West SaxonIc eom middan-eardes leoht. þa hwileþe ic on middan-earde eom.
    Middle English1395WyclifAs longe as Y am in the world, Y am the liyt of the world.
    Renaissance English1526TyndaleAs longe as I am in the worlde I am the lyght of the worlde.
    Jacobean English1611King JamesAs long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
    Victorian English1833WebsterAs long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
    Basic English1964OgdenAs long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

    Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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    Matched Bible Translations: W

    LanguageJohn Chapter 9, Verse 5
    CebuanoSamtang ania ako sa kalibutan, ako mao ang kahayag alang sa kalibutan."
    Chinese我 在 世 上 的 時 候 、 是 世 上 的 光 。
    CroatianDok sam na svijetu, svjetlost sam svijeta."
    DanishMedens jeg er i Verden, er jeg Verdens Lys."
    DutchZolang Ik in de wereld ben, zo ben Ik het Licht der wereld.
    FinnishNiin kauan kuin minä maailmassa olen, olen minä maailman valkeus."
    FrenchPendant que je suis dans le monde, je suis la lumière du monde.
    GermanDieweil ich bin in der Welt, bin ich das Licht der Welt.
    Haitian CreoleToutotan mwen la sou latè, mwen se limyè k'ap klere tout moun ki sou latè.
    HungarianMíg e világon vagyok, e világ világossága vagyok.
    Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariSelama Aku di dunia ini, Akulah terang dunia."
    Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaSelama Aku di dalam dunia ini. Akulah terang dunia."
    ItalianFinché sono nel mondo, sono la luce del mondo».
    LatvianKamçr es esmu pasaulç, es esmu pasaules gaisma.
    MaoriI ahau i te ao nei, ko ahau te marama o te ao.
    NorwegianMens jeg er i verden, er jeg verdens lys.
    PortugueseEnquanto estou no mundo, sou a luz do mundo.   
    RumanianCkt sknt kn lume, sknt Lumina lumii.``
    RussianдПЛПМЕ с Ч НЙТЕ, с УЧЕФ НЙТХ.
    ShuarJú nunkanam pujakun shuara Enentáin Tsáapnimtikratniuitjai" Tímiayi.
    SpanishMientras yo esté en el mundo, luz soy del mundo.
    SwahiliWakati ningali ulimwenguni, mimi ni mwanga wa ulimwengu."
    SwedishSå länge jag är i världen, är jag världens ljus."
    UmaBula-ku hi dunia' -pidi, Aku' toi-mi baja to mpobajahi nono manusia'."

    Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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    Anagrams: W

    Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

     Words containing the letters "w"
     

    +1 letter: aw, ow, we, wo.

     

    +2 letters: awa, awe, awl, awn, bow, caw, cow, cwm, daw, dew, dow, ewe, few, haw, hew, how, jaw, jew, jow, law, low, maw, mew, mow, naw, new, now, owe, owl, own, paw, pew, pow, raw, row, saw, sew, sow, taw, tew, tow, twa, two, vaw, vow, wab, wad, wae, wag, wan, wap, war, was, wat, waw, wax, way, web, wed, wee, wen, wet, wha, who, why, wig, win, wis, wit, wiz, woe, wog, wok, won, woo, wop, wos, wot, wow, wry, wud, wye, wyn, yaw, yew, yow.

    Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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    INDEX

    1. Definition
    2. Synonyms
    3. Crosswords
    4. Usage: Modern     		5. Usage: Commercial
    6. Images: Slideshow
    7. Images: Photo Album
    8. Images: Digital Art     		9. Quotations: Non-fiction
    10. Usage Frequency
    11. Names: Company Usage
    12. Expressions     		13. Expressions: Internet
    14. Translations: Modern
    15. Translations: Ancient
    16. Bible Trace     		17. Abbreviations
    18. Acronyms
    19. Anagrams
    20. Bibliography


      

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