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    WATT

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements in the steam engine led to its wide use in industry (1736-1819)play

    Synonyms:

    James Watt; Watt

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Instance hypernyms:

    applied scientist; engineer; technologist (a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems)

    artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    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 ohmplay

    Synonyms:

    W; watt

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

    Hypernyms ("watt" is a kind of...):

    power unit (a measure of electric power)

    Meronyms (parts of "watt"):

    milliwatt (a unit of power equal to one thousandth of a watt)

    Holonyms ("watt" is a part of...):

    kilowatt; kW (a unit of power equal to 1000 watts)

    H.P.; horsepower; HP (a unit of power equal to 746 watts)

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