BWG

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A form of Birmingham wire gauge — A standard for the measurement of the diameter of wire (and hypodermic needles, catheters, etc.), using a scale from 5Ø or 00000 (corresponding to the largest size of 0.5 inches or 12.7 millimetres) to 36 (the smallest size of 0.004 in or 0.10 mm).

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nounBWG (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of Birmingham wire gauge.

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birmingham wire gauge
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