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Definition of joule noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

joule

noun

/dʒuːl/

/dʒuːl/

(abbreviation J)

(physics)

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a unit of energy or work
Word Originlate 19th cent.: named after J. P. Joule (1818-89), the English physicist.

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