milliwatt
Thousandth of watt
A milliwatt is one thousandth of a watt, a unit for measuring very small amounts of power.
The term appears in electronics and telecommunications, where devices often operate at low power levels: The signal strength was measured in milliwatts.
Abbreviated mW.
Closed electrical pathway
- resistorCurrent-limiting circuit element
- capacitorCharge-storing circuit element
- transistorSemiconductor signal switch
- diodeOne-way semiconductor
LED · amplifier · transmitter · receiver · microcontroller · sensor · laser · oscillator
Productive without waste
- standbyReady substitute awaiting use
- idleWithout activity or purpose
- batteryPortable electricity storage
- portableAble to be carried
wearable · IoT · embedded · remote · wireless · pacemaker · smartwatch · trickle
Millionth of a watt
- nanowattOne billionth watt
- jouleSI energy quantity
- horsepowerRate of mechanical work
- BTUHeat measurement abbreviation
energy · output · dissipation · consumption · rating · capacity · draw · load
Adjusting for measurement accuracy
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- instrumentationDesign of measuring devices
- meterDevice that measures usage
- multimeterCombined electrical measuring device
wattmeter · readout · sensitivity · accuracy · specification · tolerance · gauge · scale
circuit
Closed electrical pathway
- resistorCurrent-limiting circuit element
- capacitorCharge-storing circuit element
- transistorSemiconductor signal switch
diode · LED · amplifier · transmitter · receiver · microcontroller · sensor · laser · oscillator · semiconductor
efficiency
Productive without waste
- standbyReady substitute awaiting use
- idleWithout activity or purpose
- batteryPortable electricity storage
portable · wearable · IoT · embedded · remote · wireless · pacemaker · smartwatch · trickle · quiescent
microwatt
Millionth of a watt
- nanowattOne billionth watt
- jouleSI energy quantity
- horsepowerRate of mechanical work
BTU · energy · output · dissipation · consumption · rating · capacity · draw · load · efficiency
calibration
Adjusting for measurement accuracy
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- instrumentationDesign of measuring devices
- meterDevice that measures usage
multimeter · wattmeter · readout · sensitivity · accuracy · specification · tolerance · gauge · scale · quantification
- milli-unitsmilligram, milliliter, millimeter, millisecond, millivolt
- Power Unitshorsepower, microwatt, nanowatt, brake horsepower
- Data Unitsbit, byte, kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte
- Sound Unitsdecibel, dB, hertz, Hz, kilohertz