watt

watt
/wot/, n.
the SI unit of power, equivalent to one joule per second and equal to the power in a circuit in which a current of one ampere flows across a potential difference of one volt. Abbr.: W, w.
[1882; named after J. WATT]

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▪ unit of measurement
      unit of power in the International System of Units (SI) equal to one joule of work performed per second, or to 1/746 horsepower. An equivalent is the power dissipated in an electrical conductor carrying one ampere current between points at one volt potential difference. It is named in honour of James Watt (Watt, James), British engineer and inventor. One thousand watts equal one kilowatt. Most electrical devices are rated in watts.

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