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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Joule \Joule\ (j[=oo]l), n. [From the distinguished English physicist, James P. Joule.] (Physics.) A unit of work which is equal to 10^{7} units of work in the C. G. S. system of units (ergs), and is practically equivalent to the energy expended in one second by an electric current of one ampere in a resistance of one ohm. One joule is approximately equal to 0.738 foot pounds. {Joule's equivalent}. See under {Equivalent}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: joule 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}]
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