Awe
Awe is an emotion comparable to wonder but less joyous. On Robert Plutchik's wheel of emotions awe is modeled as a combination of surprise and fear.
One dictionary definition is "an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., ...
is an emotion of respectful wonder.
AWE or awe may also refer to:
Organizations
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Atomic Weapons Establishment, provider of the UK's nuclear deterrent system
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US Airways
US Airways (formerly USAir) was a major United States airline that operated from 1937 until its merger with American Airlines in 2015. It was originally founded in History of aviation in Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh as a mail delivery airline called ...
, by ICAO airline code
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America West Airlines
America West Airlines was a major American airline, founded in 1981, with service commencing in 1983, and having reached US$1 billion in annual revenue in 1989, headquartered in Tempe, Arizona. At the time of its acquisition of US Airways, Americ ...
, an Airline that once used the ICAO code prior to the merger of US Airways.
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Australian Worldwide Exploration
AWE Limited (AWE) is an oil and gas producer with proven resources in Australia, Indonesia and New Zealand. Since May 2018, it has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Japan) and has been delisted from the ASX. Mitsui E&P Austra ...
, a gas and oil company
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Automobilwerk Eisenach, a German automobile manufacturer
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AWE (TV network)
AWE (A Wealth of Entertainment; formerly Wealth TV) is an American lifestyle and entertainment cable network. Privately held by Herring Networks, Inc., the network operates several domestic and international television feeds while its primary pr ...
, an American cable network formerly known as Wealth TV
Computing
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Address Windowing Extensions
Address Windowing Extensions (AWE) is a Microsoft Windows application programming interface that allows a 32-bit software application to access more physical memory than it has virtual address space, even in excess of the 4 GB limit. The process of ...
, a Microsoft Windows memory handling mode
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Sound Blaster AWE32
The Sound Blaster AWE32 is an ISA sound card from Creative Technology. It is an expansion board for PCs and is part of the Sound Blaster family of products. The Sound Blaster AWE32, introduced in March 1994, was a near full-length ISA sound c ...
(Advanced Wave Effects), a sound card made by Creative Labs
Places
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Awe, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in Lewis County
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Awe, Nigeria
Awe is a Local Government Area in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. The LGA's headquarters is in Awe Town. Awe has a population of 116,080 (2005 estimates) and total land mass is 2800 km^2
The postal code
A postal code (also known locally in various ...
, a Local Government Area in Nasarawa State
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Loch Awe
Loch Awe (Scottish Gaelic: ''Loch Obha'') is a large body of freshwater in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands. It has also given its name to a village on its banks, variously known as Loch Awe or Lochawe. There are islands within the loch such ...
, a lake in Argyll and Bute, Scotland
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River Awe
The River Awe ( gd, Uisge Abha) is a short river in the Southwest Highlands of Scotland by which the freshwater Loch Awe empties into Loch Etive, a sea loch.
The river flows from a barrage which stretches across the end of a deep arm of the loch ...
, the river from Loch Awe, Scotland
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Bridge of Awe
The Bridge of Awe ( gd, Drochaid Abha) was a triple-spanned arch bridge near Taynuilt in Argyll, Scotland.
History
In 1753 the Bonawe Iron Furnace was constructed on the north side of Taynuilt. The furnace was of such strategic importance that i ...
, Argyll and Bute, a bridge over the River Awe and a settlement
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AsiaWorld-Expo, convention and exhibition facility in Hong Kong
* AWE, code for
AsiaWorld–Expo station
AsiaWorld–Expo is the western terminus of the of the Hong Kong MTR. It serves the AsiaWorld–Expo in the northeast corner of Chek Lap Kok, the island on which the Hong Kong International Airport is located.
The AsiaWorld–Expo is an e ...
at the exhibition facility in Hong Kong
Other uses
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Francis Awe, Nigerian musician
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Australian White Ensign, the ensign flown by ships of the Royal Australian Navy
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, the third installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean film series
* An informal South African greeting, pronounced ''aah-weh'', see
list of South African slang words
This list of "Afrikanerisms" comprises slang words and phrases influenced primarily by Afrikaans. Typical users include people with Afrikaans as their first language but who speak living in areas where the population speaks both English and Af ...
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Average Weekly Earnings
In the United Kingdom and in Australia, the Average Weekly Earnings (AWE) is the lead indicator of short-term changes in earnings. In the UK, it replaced the Average Earnings Index (AEI) as the lead measure of short-term earnings growth in Januar ...
, the lead indicator of short-term changes in earnings
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Airborne wind energy, direct use or generation of wind energy by the use of aerodynamic or aerostatic lift devices
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''Awe'' (film), a 2018 Telugu language film
See also
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Sublime (philosophy)
In aesthetics, the sublime (from the Latin '' sublīmis'') is the quality of greatness, whether physical, moral, intellectual, metaphysical, aesthetic, spiritual, or artistic. The term especially refers to a greatness beyond all possibility ...
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Shock and awe
Shock and awe (technically known as rapid dominance) is a military strategy based on the use of overwhelming power and spectacular displays of force to paralyze the enemy's perception of the battlefield and destroy their will to fight. Though ...
, a military doctrine also known as rapid dominance
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