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Basic unit of energy
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joule
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The joule , symbol J , is a derived unit of energy in the International System of Units . It is equal to the energy transferred (or work done) to an object when a force of one newton acts on that object in the direction of its motion through a distance ...
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n. 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 [syn: J , watt second ] English physicist who established the mechanical theory of heat and discovered the first law ...
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.