W
a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,870 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,750 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite also: tungsten, wolfram, atomic number 74
- the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees also: west, due west, westward
- 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 also: watt
- the 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet also: double-u
W in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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W. Wheat & Co. Printers, No. 8 Spruce Street.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 24, September 10, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1
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This photograph was sent to Judge A.W. Tourgee, of Mayville, N.Y.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 2
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Several years ago I made a campaign on the platform with Mr. George W. Cable.
How to Tell a Story, and Other Essays · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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I know no reading to which I fall with such alacrity as a work of W. Scott's.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement — No. 474 · Various · Chapter 1
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Her linen was all marked E.W. About a fortnight before her death, she was brought to bed of a lifeless child.
The Olden Time Series, Vol. 6 · Henry M. (Henry Mason) Brooks · Chapter 3