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Translingual
Etymology 1
Symbol
TW
- (metrology) Symbol for terawatt, an SI unit of power equal to 1012 watts.
Etymology 2
Symbol
TW
- (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Taiwan.
- Synonym: TWN (alpha-3)
English
Proper noun
TW
- (Internet) Abbreviation of Twitter.
Noun
TW (plural TWs)
- (gemstones) Initialism of total weight. (in carats).
- (pharmacology) Initialism of treatment week.
- (LGBT) Initialism of trans woman.
- Initialism of trigger warning.
Anagrams
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
- Abbreviation of trung ương.