Definitions for joule



Overview of noun joule

The noun joule has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. joule, J, watt second

(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)

2. Joule, James Prescott Joule

(English physicist who established the mechanical theory of heat and discovered the first law of thermodynamics (1818-1889))

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