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Meaning

Microwatts (µW) are a unit of power 1,000,000 times smaller than the SI Unit; the Watt.

About Microwatts

Microwatts are shortened to µW with the Greek letter µ and an upper case W.
Micro means one millionth so there are 1,000,000 microwatts in a Watt.

Converting to Microwatts

Unit To convert Microwatts
1 megawatts (1MW) Convert to microwatts x1012 1x1012 µW
1 kilowatts (1kW) Convert to microwatts x109 1x109 µW
1 Watt (1W) Convert to microwatts x106 1x106 µW
1 milliwatts 1(mW) Convert to microwatts x103 1x103 µW
1 microwatts 1(µW) Convert to microwatts x1 1µW
1 nanowatts 1(nW) Convert to microwatts x10-3 1x10-3 µW