Meaning of WATT
| Pronunciation: | | wât, wât
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- [n] Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements in the steam engine led to its wide use in industry (1736-1819)
- [n] a unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a resistance of 1 ohm
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| | Synonyms: | | James Watt, W |
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| | See Also: | | applied scientist, artificer, discoverer, engineer, H.P., horsepower, HP, inventor, kilowatt, kW, milliwatt, power unit, technologist | |
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| | Definition: | |  Watt
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Watt\, n. [From the distinguished mechanician and
scientist, James Watt.] (Physics)
A unit of power or activity equal to 10^{7} C.G.S. units of
power, or to work done at the rate of one joule a second. An
English horse power is approximately equal to 746 watts.
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