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W3C : World Wide Web
Consortium at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
founded by Sir Tim Berners-Lee.
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economics |
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wage (often: wages) :
regular payment to an employee in return for his work or
services.
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meteorology |
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waterspout : a
column of rotating air over a body of water (i.e., a tornado
over the water).
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tornado |
nature
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waxwings, cedar : (Bombycilla
cedrorum) : small
songbirds, 16...20 cm long; wingspread 28...31 cm; sleek brown
bird with long conspicuous crest, black mask; yellow band at
end of tail; red waxy tips on secondaries of grayish wings;
sexes similar, somewhat darker throat distinguishes males; see
[WEEKLY].
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WCT : see
wind
chill temperature |
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computer
& web |
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web
: a network; the term is used in the same sense as for the network
of fine strands made by a spider. |
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publishing
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web
: printing paper in reel form, on a printing press. |
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wharf
: a landing place where ships may moor for loading and unloading; a
fixed platform, commonly on pilings, roughly parallel to and
alongside navigable water. |
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white noise : see
noise,
white |
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white
point : a reference illuminant used in colorimetry to
define the color 'white'. Depending on the application, different
definitions of white are needed to give acceptable results; for
example, defining 'white' as daylight will give unacceptable results
when attempting to color-correct a photograph taken with
incandescent lighting. Each white point illuminant is ideally
described as a spectral power distribution, that is, by giving the
amount of power per unit wavelength at each wavelength of the
visible spectrum. This will allow the coordinates of the white point
in any color space to be defined. |
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botany
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whorl
: an arrangement of leaves, petals, etc. about the same point on a
stem. |
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publishing
& printing
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widow : a short paragraph-ending
line appearing at the top of a page; it should be avoided when
possible by changes in wording or spacing that either remove the
line or lengthen it; (also, less strictly:) a word or part of a word
on a line by itself at the end of any paragraph. |
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informal
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wild
and woolly : lacking refinement(s), barbarous |
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wind
: air in motion relative to the Earth's surface, caused by the
average movement of a "large number" of molecules of air,
usually with scales larger than the random motions of individual
molecules; often refers only to the horizontal motion because
vertical wind components, especially near the Earth's surface are
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meteorology
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wind
chill : the part of the total
cooling of the human body caused by air motion. The human body has
mechanisms for keeping itself at or near 98.6° F as any extreme
derivation from that average in either direction can harm the body.
A phenomenon called ‘wind chill’ makes us feel colder in winter
than the air temperature really is, due to the fact that both
environment temperature and wind cause heat loss from body surfaces.
Wind chill effect is measured by wind
chill temperature. |
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meteorology
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wind
chill temperature (WCT) : the
temperature it "feels like" outdoors and is based on the
rate of heat loss from exposed skin caused by the combined effects of wind
and cold. As the wind increases, the body is cooled at a faster rate
causing the skin temperature to drop; for example, a temperature of
0°F and a wind speed of 15 mph will produce a wind chill
temperature of -19°F. In 2001, National Weather Service implemented
an updated WCT index
[N17]
.See [HANDBOOK]. |
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meteorology
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wind
scale : see Beaufort
wind scale |
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wind
speed : a scalar quantity which describes the rate at
which air is in motion relative to the Earth’s surface. Although
nowadays weather forecast include wind speed (usually expressed in
mph or km/h), winds are categorized by force, i.e. by the appearance
of wind effects observed on the sea and on land; see Beaufort
wind scale and related table
in the Handbook. |
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meteorology |
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wind
shear : the change of wind speed or direction with
distance or height. |
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wind
velocity : a vector quantity that describes air motion in
terms of wind speed and wind direction. |
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vector
wind speed |
history
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Wintun
(also Wintuan, Wintoon) : the name
generally given to a group of related Native American tribes who
lived in Northern California, including the Wintu, Nomlaki, Patwin
and Southern Patwin tribes. Their range was from approximately
present-day Lake Shasta to San Francisco Bay, along the western side
of the Sacramento River to the Coast Range. Each of these tribes
spoke one of the Wintuan languages. |
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WMO
: World Meteorological
Organization
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game :
tennis
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WTA
: Women's Tennis Association : professional woman's
tennis association; formed in 1973 to protect the interests of
female professional tennis players by managing WTA tour. The
association releases a weekly ranking of the players performance in
the tour: entry ranking and race to championship ranking; players'
ranking points are counted how they fare on individual rounds of a
tournament (round points) as well as the rank of the players they
defeat (quality points). Points earned from all WTA Tour events
played are added to produce the separate weekly singles and doubles
standings. |
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game :
tennis |
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WTA
entry ranking : a rolling, 52-week points calculation
based on player’s best 17 results for singles and 11 for doubles
over the past 12 months to determine seedings and tournament entry
status. The Race ranking, while indicating the hottest players in
the game at any stage, does not necessarily indicate an overall
standing in the game which is the intend of tournament entry status;
this is especially valid at the start of the year when early
tournament winners may well be leading the Race but are not yet
established top players for the purposes of seeding and tournament
entry. |
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game :
tennis |
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WTA
race ranking : WTA race to championships ranking : points
calculation method on a calendar-year basis; every player,
regardless of her performances in the previous year, starts with
zero points; as of 2005, players count the best 17 performances in
the WTA tour. The purpose of the Race is to determine the 8 singles
players and 4 doubles teams that will contest the WTA Tour’s
season-ending Championships. |
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Internet
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WTF
: what the fuck; an expression of incredulity;. also ‘why the fuck’,
‘who the fuck’ or similar replacements of the W. |
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Internet
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WTH
: what the hell |
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computer
& web acronym |
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WYSIWYG
: what you see is what you get : text and graphics shown
formatted on a computer screen as they will appear when printed;
also referred to as 'previewing a document'. |
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