JOULE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

James Prescott Joule; Joule

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

physicist (a scientist trained in physics)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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; joule; watt second

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("joule" is a kind of...):

energy unit; heat unit; work unit (a unit of measurement for work)

Meronyms (parts of "joule"):

erg (a cgs unit of work or energy; the work done by a force of one dyne acting over a distance of one centimeter)

Credits

Context examples:

The value of the unit depends on the initial temperature of the water and varies in the range of approximately 1.054 - 1.060 joules.

(British Thermal Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

The British thermal unit at 59 degrees Fahrenheit is based on the definition of the 15 degrees Celsius calorie (exactly 4.1855 joules) and is equal to approximately 1.054804 kJ.

(British Thermal Unit 59 Degrees Fahrenheit, NCI Thesaurus)

The metric unit of absorbed radiation dose equal to the absorption of one hundredth of joule of radiation energy per kilogram of matter.

(Centigray, NCI Thesaurus)

Its value is experimentally determined as 1,602 177 x 10E-19 joule (approximately).

(Electronvolt, NCI Thesaurus)

A SI derived unit of energy density defined as the energy equal to one joule stored in the volume equal to one cubic meter.

(Joule per Cubic Meter, NCI Thesaurus)

Joules should be used instead.

(Calorie, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-SI unit of energy equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound avoirdupois of air-free water by one degree Fahrenheit at a constant pressure of one atmosphere, based on the definition of the thermochemical calorie (exactly 4.1840 joules) by the U.S. Bureau of Standards, 1953.

(British Thermal Unit Thermochemical, NCI Thesaurus)

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