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A unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
Answer for the clue "A unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second ", 5 letters:
joule
Alternative clues for the word joule
- Unit of work or energy
- 10,000,000 ergs
- Work unit, in physics
- English physicist who established the mechanical theory of heat and discovered the first law of thermodynamics (1818-1889)
- Energy required to lift a small apple
- Tiny fraction of a kilowatt-hour
- Measure of energy
- About a quarter of a calorie
Word definitions for joule in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
unit of electrical energy, 1882, coined in recognition of British physicist James P. Joule (1818-1889).
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ For them, energy comes in joules, and force in newtons, but whatever happened to ergs and dynes? ▪ The energy applied in each pulse was 25-30 joules.
Usage examples of joule.
GeV, requires an energy input of about 7,000 joules and a persistent circulating current of 250 amps, if a 20 km deployed superconducting wire coil is used.
When the discharge setting is activated, a stream of particles are released through that lens, a power of about two thousand joules to a three-second burst.
And when one collapses, all those Joules come out at once, one way or another.
They had discovered the X ray, the cathode ray, the electron, and radioactivity, invented the ohm, the watt, the Kelvin, the joule, the amp, and the little erg.