noun
- plural of milliwatt; units of power equal to one thousandth of a watt
Usage: technical; physics
Examples
- The laser pointer operates at 5 milliwatts.
- Solar cells can generate several hundred milliwatts in bright sunlight.
- The device consumes only 50 milliwatts of power.
- Radio transmitters are often rated in milliwatts.
- The LED requires just 20 milliwatts to operate.
- Power consumption dropped to 100 milliwatts in sleep mode.