Watt Definition

wŏt
watts
noun
watts
The basic unit of electric, mechanical, or thermal power in the SI and MKS systems, equal to one joule per second or 107 ergs per second (1746 of a horsepower): for electric power it is equal to one volt-ampere.
Webster's New World

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of power; the power of a system in which one joule of energy is transferred per second. Symbol: W.

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Synonyms:
  • w
  • james watt
pronoun

An English and Scottish surname derived from the given name Wat.

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Noun

Singular:
watt
Plural:
Watts

Origin of Watt

  • Named after the Scottish engineer James Watt.

    From Wiktionary

  • After James Watt

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Watt Sentence Examples

  • Watt, that the total heat of steam was constant.

  • They often use a low watt light bulb as a heat source.

  • It has a 240 watt heavy duty motor and five speeds.

  • B =9000, at a frequency of loo per second, was only 0.254 watt per pound, as compared with 0.382 for the Swedish iron.

  • Many patents have been taken out in this branch of electrochemistry, but it is to be remarked that that granted to C. Watt traversed the whole of the ground.

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