"joule" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /d͡ʒuːl/, /d͡ʒaʊl/, /d͡ʒʉl/ [Northern-Ireland, Scotland] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-joule.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-joule.wav Forms: joules [plural]
enPR: jo͞ol, joul Rhymes: -uːl, -aʊl Etymology: Named after English physicist James Prescott Joule (1818–1889). The surname is a variant of Joel. Etymology templates: {{named-after/list|physicist||||}} physicist, {{!}} |, {{lang|en|James Prescott Joule}} James Prescott Joule, {{named-after|en|James Prescott Joule|born=1818|died=1889|nat=English|occ=physicist|wplink==}} Named after English physicist James Prescott Joule (1818–1889) Head templates: {{en-noun}} joule (plural joules)
  1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of energy, work and heat; the work required to exert a force of one newton for a distance of one metre. Equivalent to one watt of power for a duration of one second. Symbol: J Wikipedia link: joule Categories (topical): Energy, SI units Translations (derived unit of energy, work and heat): جُول (jūl) [masculine] (Arabic), ջոուլ (ǰoul) (Armenian), xuliu [masculine] (Asturian), joule (Basque), джо́уль (džóulʹ) [masculine] (Belarusian), джа́ул (džául) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ဂျိုး (gyui:) (Burmese), joule [masculine] (Catalan), 焦耳 (jiāo'ěr) (Chinese Mandarin), joule (Czech), joule (Danish), joule [masculine] (Dutch), ĵulo (Esperanto), džaul (Estonian), joule (Finnish), joule [masculine] (French), joule [masculine] (Galician), xulio [masculine] (Galician), ჯოული (ǯouli) (Georgian), Joule [neuter] (German), τζάουλ (tzáoul) [neuter] (Greek), ג׳ול (jul) (Hebrew), जौल (jaul) (Hindi), joule (Hungarian), júl [neuter] (Icelandic), joule (Indonesian), joule [masculine] (Italian), ジュール (jūru) (Japanese), ជូល (cuul) (Khmer), ស៊ូល (suul) (Khmer), (jul) (Korean), džouls (Latvian), joule (Luxembourgish), joule (Malay), wae pūngoi (Maori), жоуль (žoulʹ) (Mongolian), joule (Norwegian), dżul [masculine] (Polish), joule (Portuguese), joule (Romanian), джо́уль (džóulʹ) [masculine] (Russian), џул [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), džul [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), joule (Slovak), joule (Slovene), julio [masculine] (Spanish), joule (yul) [masculine] (Spanish), joule (Swedish), జౌలు (jaulu) (Telugu), จูล (jun) (Thai), jul (Turkish), джо́уль (džóulʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), jun (Vietnamese)
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Inflected forms

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      "word": "joule"
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      "word": "джо́уль"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "джа́ул"
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      "lang": "Burmese",
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      "sense": "derived unit of energy, work and heat",
      "word": "ဂျိုး"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "joule"
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      "roman": "jiāo'ěr",
      "sense": "derived unit of energy, work and heat",
      "word": "焦耳"
    },
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "derived unit of energy, work and heat",
      "word": "joule"
    },
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      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "derived unit of energy, work and heat",
      "word": "joule"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "joule"
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      "sense": "derived unit of energy, work and heat",
      "word": "ĵulo"
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      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "derived unit of energy, work and heat",
      "word": "džaul"
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      "sense": "derived unit of energy, work and heat",
      "word": "joule"
    },
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      "word": "joule"
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      "word": "xulio"
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      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ǯouli",
      "sense": "derived unit of energy, work and heat",
      "word": "ჯოული"
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      "word": "Joule"
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      "sense": "derived unit of energy, work and heat",
      "word": "ג׳ול"
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      "sense": "derived unit of energy, work and heat",
      "word": "जौल"
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      "sense": "derived unit of energy, work and heat",
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "km",
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      "word": "ជូល"
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      "word": "ស៊ូល"
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      "sense": "derived unit of energy, work and heat",
      "word": "줄"
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      "sense": "derived unit of energy, work and heat",
      "word": "džouls"
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      "sense": "derived unit of energy, work and heat",
      "word": "joule"
    },
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      "sense": "derived unit of energy, work and heat",
      "word": "joule"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "derived unit of energy, work and heat",
      "word": "wae pūngoi"
    },
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      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "žoulʹ",
      "sense": "derived unit of energy, work and heat",
      "word": "жоуль"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "derived unit of energy, work and heat",
      "word": "joule"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "derived unit of energy, work and heat",
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      ],
      "word": "dżul"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "derived unit of energy, work and heat",
      "word": "joule"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "derived unit of energy, work and heat",
      "word": "joule"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "džóulʹ",
      "sense": "derived unit of energy, work and heat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "джо́уль"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "derived unit of energy, work and heat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "џул"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "derived unit of energy, work and heat",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "džul"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "derived unit of energy, work and heat",
      "word": "joule"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "derived unit of energy, work and heat",
      "word": "joule"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "derived unit of energy, work and heat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "julio"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "derived unit of energy, work and heat",
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      "word": "joule (yul)"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "derived unit of energy, work and heat",
      "word": "joule"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "jaulu",
      "sense": "derived unit of energy, work and heat",
      "word": "జౌలు"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "jun",
      "sense": "derived unit of energy, work and heat",
      "word": "จูล"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "derived unit of energy, work and heat",
      "word": "jul"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "džóulʹ",
      "sense": "derived unit of energy, work and heat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "джо́уль"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "derived unit of energy, work and heat",
      "word": "jun"
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