Examples of microwatt in a Sentence
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Their receiver chip was 1.54 mm 2 and used less than 3 microwatts of power.
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IEEE Spectrum, 8 May 2023
The receiver requires only a few microwatts of power and includes a low-power authentication system that shields it from denial-of-sleep attacks.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 May 2023
Luckily, an average walk generates around 6 microwatts.
—David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 30 Jan. 2019
The current version requires 13 microwatts of power, which could potentially be provided by a voltaic cell—developed by Nadeau—that runs on acidic stomach juices.
—Megan Molteni, WIRED, 24 May 2018
Typically, those applications require only several tens of microwatt-level power for several minutes, but commercial batteries or other energy harvesting technologies are too expensive and over-qualified.
—David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 8 Aug. 2017
The entire system consumes about 15 kilowatts of power, while the quantum chip itself uses a fraction of a microwatt.
—Cade Metz, WIRED, 28 Sep. 2015
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IEEE Spectrum, 8 May 2023
The receiver requires only a few microwatts of power and includes a low-power authentication system that shields it from denial-of-sleep attacks.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 May 2023
Luckily, an average walk generates around 6 microwatts.
—David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 30 Jan. 2019
The current version requires 13 microwatts of power, which could potentially be provided by a voltaic cell—developed by Nadeau—that runs on acidic stomach juices.
—Megan Molteni, WIRED, 24 May 2018
Typically, those applications require only several tens of microwatt-level power for several minutes, but commercial batteries or other energy harvesting technologies are too expensive and over-qualified.
—David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 8 Aug. 2017
The entire system consumes about 15 kilowatts of power, while the quantum chip itself uses a fraction of a microwatt.
—Cade Metz, WIRED, 28 Sep. 2015
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“Microwatt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/microwatt. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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microwatt
noun
mi·cro·watt
-ˌwät 
: one millionth of a watt
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