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  2. Joule - Wikipedia

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    The work required to move an electric charge of one coulomb through an electrical potential difference of one volt, or one coulomb-volt (C⋅V). This relationship can be used to define the volt. The work required to produce one watt of power for one second, or one watt-second (W⋅s) (compare kilowatt-hour, which is 3.6 megajoules). This ...

  3. Watt - Wikipedia

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    The watt-second is a unit of energy, equal to the joule. One kilowatt hour is 3,600,000 watt seconds. While a watt per hour is a unit of rate of change of power with time, [iii] it is not correct to refer to a watt (or watt-hour) as a watt per hour. [36]

  4. Units of energy - Wikipedia

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    Energy is defined via work, so the SI unit of energy is the same as the unit of work – the joule (J), named in honour of James Prescott Joule [1] and his experiments on the mechanical equivalent of heat. In slightly more fundamental terms, 1 joule is equal to 1 newton metre and, in terms of SI base units

  5. Power (physics) - Wikipedia

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    The dimension of power is energy divided by time. In the International System of Units (SI), the unit of power is the watt (W), which is equal to one joule per second. Other common and traditional measures are horsepower (hp), comparing to the power of a horse; one mechanical horsepower equals about 745.7 watts.

  6. Foot-pound (energy) - Wikipedia

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    The corresponding SI unit is the joule, though in terms of energy, one joule is not equal to one foot-pound. Usage The ... 1.3558179483314 watts; 1.8 18 ...

  7. Electric power - Wikipedia

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    Electric power is the rate of transfer of electrical energy within a circuit.Its SI unit is the watt, the general unit of power, defined as one joule per second.Standard prefixes apply to watts as with other SI units: thousands, millions and billions of watts are called kilowatts, megawatts and gigawatts respectively.

  8. Electricity - Wikipedia

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    The SI unit of power is the watt, one joule per second. Electric power, like mechanical power , is the rate of doing work , measured in watts , and represented by the letter P . The term wattage is used colloquially to mean "electric power in watts."

  9. Kilowatt-hour - Wikipedia

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    The kilowatt-hour is a composite unit of energy equal to one kilowatt (kW) sustained for (multiplied by) one hour. The International System of Units (SI) unit of energy meanwhile is the joule (symbol J). Because a watt is by definition one joule per second, and because there are 3,600 seconds in an hour, one kWh equals 3,600 kilojoules or 3.6 ...