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1. 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
   - W

1. Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements in the steam engine led to its wide use in industry (1736-1819)
   - James Watt

Sounds like: warn, watt, Wat

Derived forms: Watts, watts

Type of: applied scientist, artificer, discoverer, engineer, inventor, power unit, technologist

Part of: H.P., horsepower, HP, kilowatt, kW

Encyclopedia: Watt, Mike