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English noun: watt | |||
| 1. | watt (quantity) 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 | ||
| Synonyms | W | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | power unit | ||
| Part holonym | milliwatt | ||
| Part meronym | H.P., horsepower, HP, kilowatt, kW | ||
| 2. | Watt (person) Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements in the steam engine led to its wide use in industry (1736-1819) | ||
| Synonyms | James Watt | ||
| Instance hypernym | applied scientist, artificer, discoverer, engineer, inventor, technologist | ||
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