[syn: Watt, James Watt]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
watt
n 1: 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 [syn: watt, W]
2: Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements in the
steam engine led to its wide use in industry (1736-1819)
[syn: Watt, James Watt]