noun
- plural of microwatt; units of power equal to one millionth of a watt
Usage: technical; physics
Examples
- The sensor operates on just a few microwatts of power.
- Modern hearing aids consume only 50 microwatts during normal operation.
- The radio signal was measured at 10 microwatts.
- Solar cells can generate several hundred microwatts in dim light.
- The device’s standby mode uses less than 5 microwatts.
- Scientists measured the laser output in microwatts.