Bwn.

Forms: 1900s– Bw, 1900s– Bw. (with point).

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: Bwana n.

Etymology: Shortened < Bwana n., originally as a graphic abbreviation.

East African.

A title of courtesy or respect prefixed to the surname or first name of a man. Cf. Bwana n.

ΚΠ

1973 Telephone Directory Tanzania 26 Area Commissioner, Bw. N. Z. Mkoswe.

2014 Daily Nation (Kenya) (Nexis) 22 Jan. Happy New Year to you Bw Baraza.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

> as lemmas

BW n. (also b/w, b & w) Cinematography and Television black and white, as opposed to colour.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > broadcasting > television > visual element > [adjective] > monochrome

monochrome1918

BW1960

black and white1973

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > special techniques > [adjective]

slowed-down1919

slowed-up1920

speeded-up1931

multiplane1948

widescreen1949

BW1960

Imax1969

slo-mo1969

Omnimax1973

colorized2005

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > special techniques > [adjective] > reproduction in black and white

BW1960

1960 O. Skilbeck ABC of Film & TV Working Terms 22 B/W, Black and White film. It is usual to have B/W Rush Prints of colour film and to use them for the Cutting copy, to save expense.

1974 New Acronyms & Initialisms (Gale Research Co.) 11/2 BW, Black and White.

1985 Music Week 2 Feb. 42/5 Replacing the b/w with the original videotape colour recordings.

1986 City Limits 16 Oct. 57 A 25-page essay with b&w stills on some of the hidden history of films.

extracted from Bn.

BW n. biological warfare.

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1946 Big Spring (Texas) Daily Herald 7 June 4/1 Latest to be called to public attention is BW, or biological warfare, the scientific cloak of dignity for fighting with disease germs.

1976 Internat. Arms Control (Stanford Arms Control Group) vi. 118 The Chinese made unsubstantiated allegations of American use of BW (infected insects) in the Korean war.

2004 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 5 Feb. 7 The assessment that Iraq possessed a CW [= chemical warfare] or BW capability should be carefully evaluated.

extracted from Bn.

n.1973

as lemmas

单词	bw
释义	Bwn. Forms: 1900s– Bw, 1900s– Bw. (with point). Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: Bwana n. Etymology: Shortened < Bwana n., originally as a graphic abbreviation. East African. A title of courtesy or respect prefixed to the surname or first name of a man. Cf. Bwana n. ΚΠ 1973 Telephone Directory Tanzania 26 Area Commissioner, Bw. N. Z. Mkoswe. 2014 Daily Nation (Kenya) (Nexis) 22 Jan. Happy New Year to you Bw Baraza. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022). > as lemmas BW BW n. (also b/w, b & w) Cinematography and Television black and white, as opposed to colour. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > television > visual element > [adjective] > monochrome monochrome1918 BW1960 black and white1973 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > special techniques > [adjective] slowed-down1919 slowed-up1920 speeded-up1931 multiplane1948 widescreen1949 BW1960 Imax1969 slo-mo1969 Omnimax1973 colorized2005 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > special techniques > [adjective] > reproduction in black and white BW1960 1960 O. Skilbeck ABC of Film & TV Working Terms 22 B/W, Black and White film. It is usual to have B/W Rush Prints of colour film and to use them for the Cutting copy, to save expense. 1974 New Acronyms & Initialisms (Gale Research Co.) 11/2 BW, Black and White. 1985 Music Week 2 Feb. 42/5 Replacing the b/w with the original videotape colour recordings. 1986 City Limits 16 Oct. 57 A 25-page essay with b&w stills on some of the hidden history of films. extracted from Bn. BW BW n. biological warfare. ΚΠ 1946 Big Spring (Texas) Daily Herald 7 June 4/1 Latest to be called to public attention is BW, or biological warfare, the scientific cloak of dignity for fighting with disease germs. 1976 Internat. Arms Control (Stanford Arms Control Group) vi. 118 The Chinese made unsubstantiated allegations of American use of BW (infected insects) in the Korean war. 2004 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 5 Feb. 7 The assessment that Iraq possessed a CW [= chemical warfare] or BW capability should be carefully evaluated. extracted from Bn. < n.1973 as lemmas
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