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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Watt  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  watt 
  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  [syn:  {W}] 




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