"joules" in the noun sense
1. joule, J, watt second
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
2. Joule, James Prescott Joule
English physicist who established the mechanical theory of heat and discovered the first law of thermodynamics (1818-1889)
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