watt : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: watt	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
watt n 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 Synonym(s): watt, W Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements in the steam engine led to its wide use in industry (1736-1819) Synonym(s): Watt, James Watt
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.