TW

See also: tw, tw., .tw, t.w., and ṯw

Translingual

Etymology 1

Symbol

TW

1. (metrology) Symbol for terawatt, an SI unit of power equal to 10¹² watts.

Etymology 2

Symbol

TW

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Taiwan.

   Synonym: TWN (alpha-3)

English

Proper noun

TW

1. (Internet) Abbreviation of Twitter.

Noun

TW (plural TWs)

1. (gemstones) Initialism of total weight.
2. (LGBTQ) Initialism of trans woman.

   Synonym: TF

   Coordinate term: TM

3. (pharmacology) Initialism of treatment week.
4. Initialism of trigger warning.

Anagrams

• wt, wt.

Vietnamese

Etymology

Perhaps from the Telex input method where the W key is pressed to type the letter ư or to add the diacritical side horn to an already typed u to form the ư, and intended to be this way to distinguish from tư as an actual word, or to make "non-word" abbreviations easier to type with common keyboard programs that do not recognize them as Vietnamese.

Adjective

TW

1. Abbreviation of trung ương.