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RW

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RW

  1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Rwanda.
    Synonym: RWA (alpha-3)

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Noun

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RW (plural RWs)

  1. (mathematics, probability) Initialism of random walk.
  2. Initialism of right wing.
    • 2020 April 30, Gabriele Dietze, Julia Roth, Right-Wing Populism and Gender: European Perspectives and Beyond, transcript Verlag, →ISBN, page 147:
      And the third part will connect the RW populists' claim for traditional heteronormative family politics and []
    • 2019 October 8, Philinda Masters, Inside Broadside: A Decade of Feminist Journalism, Second Story Press, →ISBN:
      The anti-feminism represented by the RW has to be seen in the context of an increasingly conservative political climate in North America. It's wrong to separate the “economically right wing” []

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Proper noun

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RW

  1. (Internet) Initialism of RationalWiki.
  2. (tarot) Initialism of Rider-Waite; a tarot deck first published in 1909 by William Rider & Son, featuring illustrations based on the ideas of occultist A. E. Waite (which were created by artist Pamela Colman Smith).
    Synonym: RWS
    • 2002, Valerie Sim, Tarot Outside the Box[1], page 9:
      The Five of Swords in the RW"' deck shows a man in possession of three swords while lay behind him on the ground.
    • 2021 October 21, kaptenskan, Reddit[2]:
      Why is the RW deck always recommended to beginners? Is there a special cause to this?
    • 2022, Beryl McClain, Tarot: How to Read Tarot Cards for Yourself or Others[3], unnumbered page:
      It is evident when you glance through the RW deck that the three colors dominate.

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German

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Noun

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RW m (strong, genitive RWs, no plural)

  1. (law of compensation) Abbreviation of Restwert.

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Indonesian

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RW (plural RW-RW)

  1. Initialism of rukun warga.

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