Watt

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Watt \Watt\, n. [From the distinguished mechanician and
     scientist, James Watt.] (Physics)
     A unit of power or activity equal to 10^{7} C.G.S. units of
     power, or to work done at the rate of one joule a second. An
     English horse power is approximately equal to 746 watts.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  watt
       n 1: 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 [syn: {W}]
       2: Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements in the
          steam engine led to its wide use in industry (1736-1819)
          [syn: {James Watt}]