Joule Synonyms

jo͝ol, joul
A unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. j.
  2. watt-second
English physicist who established the mechanical theory of heat and discovered the first law of thermodynamics (1818-1889)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. james prescott joule

Joule Sentence Examples

  • P. Joule had assumed to be the same at all temperatures.

  • From data contained in Joule's paper it may be calculated that the strongest external field Ho produced by his coil was about 126 C.G.S.

  • Peltier (1834) that heat is absorbed at the junction of two metals by passing a current through it in the same direction as the current produced by heating it, was recognized by Joule as affording a clue to the source of the energy of the current by the application of the principles of thermodynamics.

  • Mayer and Joule, and placed the dynamical theory of heat and the fundamental principle of the conservation of energy in a position to command universal acceptance.

  • In 1844 and 1845 Joule published a series of researches on the compression and expansion of air.

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