joule
noun/dʒuːl/
/dʒuːl/
(abbreviation J)
(physics)- a unit of energy or workWord Originlate 19th cent.: named after J. P. Joule (1818-89), the English physicist.
Want to learn more?
Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
Check pronunciation:
joule