W

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Usage
Writing system	Latin script
Type	Alphabetic and Logographic
Unicode value	U+0057, U+0077
Alphabetical position	23
History
Development	Υ υ 𐌖 Y V W w; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Time period	~600 to present
Other
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W is the twenty-third (number 23) letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name is pronounced "double-u".^{[note 1]} It is the only letter whose name has three syllables in English.

The word is considered a semivowel in words such as west, whale and twice. In words such as pwm it is a vowel.

Meanings for W

On calendars, W is most times a short letter for Wednesday.
In chemistry, W is the symbol for tungsten, after its German name, Wolfram.
In news story writing, the "five W's" stand for who, what, when, where and why.
In electricity, W stands for watts
In particle physics, W stands for the W boson. Some words sound as if they start with an R, but they start with a silent W, like wrong, and wreck, which is why you never hear the W at the beginning of these words, as you can see. Note that only the R sound can be heard, because it comes after the silent W starting the words.
In slang, W stands for Win.