watt

watt

noun

{bc}the absolute meter-kilogram-second unit of power equal to the work done at the rate of one joule per second or to the power produced by a current of one ampere across a potential difference of one volt {bc}u00b9/u2087u2084u2086 horsepower

Watt

biographical name

James 1736u20131819 Scottish inventor

watt-hour

noun

{bc}a unit of work or energy equivalent to the power of one watt operating for one hour

Wat*son-Watt

biographical name

Sir Robert Alexander 1892u20131973 Scottish physicist