noun
- 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.
- synonyms: J, watt second
- English physicist who established the mechanical theory of heat and discovered the first law of thermodynamics (1818-1889. ).
- synonyms: James Prescott Joule
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