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Word: Watt
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century: named after James Watt (see Watt, James)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
wɒt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the SI unit of power, equivalent to one joule per second, corresponding to the rate of consumption of energy in an electric circuit where the potential difference is one volt and the current one ampere.
Short Definition:SI unit of power, equivalent to one joule per second
Variant Forms:
- W
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