milliwatt

noun

mil·​li·​watt ˈmi-lə-ˌwät How to pronounce milliwatt (audio)
: one thousandth of a watt

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The company also demonstrated a custom chip that handled an even larger logical qubit, while only occupying a tiny fraction of a square millimeter and consuming just 8 milliwatts of power. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 9 July 2024 Lasers sold for pointing purposes legally can’t exceed 5 milliwatts. Catherine Allen, NBC News, 31 Jan. 2024 That will mean a significant jump in laser power compared to the 250 milliwatts or so needed for Quera's current hardware. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2024 Apple silicon can reduce idle power draw to as little as 200 milliwatts. IEEE Spectrum, 9 Nov. 2023 So little power, in fact, just to be on an event camera consumes one milliwatt, on average, because in fact, the power consumption depends on the dynamics of the scene. IEEE Spectrum, 3 Oct. 2023 Whereas other techniques demand an operating power of roughly 1.5 to 4 watts, the new method requires only an average power of 400 milliwatts to operate 2,000 foci. IEEE Spectrum, 7 Apr. 2023 Power efficiency in terms of frames per second per milliwatt. Anshel Sag, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021 One of these ingestibles can power a 5 milliWatt device (or, 0.005 of a watt) for up to 18 hours using 600 milligrams of active melanin material. David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 24 Aug. 2016

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circa 1914, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of milliwatt was circa 1914

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milliwatt

noun
mil·​li·​watt ˈmil-ə-ˌwät How to pronounce milliwatt (audio)
: one thousandth of a watt
abbreviation mW
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