SW

SW

1. Initialism of Star Wars.

SW (countable and uncountable, plural SWs)

1. Initialism of southwest.
   • 1968, Joseph Earle Spencer, “PAOTING”, in Encyclopedia Britannica‎, volume 17, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 237, column 1:

     PAOTING (CH’ING-YÜAN, TSINGYUAN), capital of Hopeh province, China, is 90 mi. (145 km.) S.W. of Peking on the Peking-Hankow railway.

2. Abbreviation of software.
3. Initialism of search warrant.
4. Initialism of sex work.
5. Initialism of social work.
6. (electronics) Initialism of short wave.
7. Initialism of street workout.

• (short wave): MW, LW
• (southwest): NW, WNW, NNW, SE, ESE, SSE, S, W, SSW, WSW

SW

1. Initialism of southwestern.

SW

1. (handbells) Abbreviation of swing: to play the bell in a normal position, swing it down to the waist, then bring it back up

• (electronics): RF, SHF, UHF, VHF
• (direction): N, E, ENE, NNE

• W's, WS, Ws, w's, ws

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SW

1. Abbreviation of Südwest; southwest