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Work or energy unit
Answer for the clue "Work or energy unit ", 5 letters:
joule
Alternative clues for the word joule
- Physics unit that sounds like a gem
- English physicist who established the mechanical theory of heat and discovered the first law of thermodynamics (1818-1889)
- Basic unit of energy
- 10,000,000 ergs
- Work unit that appears far less often in crosswords than "erg"
- Physicist James who contributed to the laws of thermodynamics
- Unit of work
Word definitions for joule in dictionaries
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.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of energy, work and heat; the work required to exert a force of one newton for a distance of one metre. Also equal to the energy of one watt of power for a duration of one second. Symbol: J
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Joule is a lunar impact crater that lies on the far side of the Moon . It is located to the north-northeast of the walled plain Mach . To the northwest of Joule is the crater Blazhko . This is a worn and eroded crater formation. A pair of smaller craters ...
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.