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Joule's law

Joule's law proper noun: the quantitative relationship between the quantity of heat produced in a conductor and the electric current flowing through it.

Proper noun

Joule's law

  1. The quantitative relationship between the quantity of heat produced in a conductor and the electric current flowing through it.

Origin of Joule's law

From James Prescott Joule, English physicist.

Questions about Joule's law

What does Joule's law mean?
Joule's law means the quantitative relationship between the quantity of heat produced in a conductor and the electric current flowing through it.
What part of speech is Joule's law?
Joule's law is a proper noun.

Words near Joule's law in the dictionary

  1. Joule heat
  2. Joule heating
  3. joule thief
  4. joule thieves
  5. Joule's cycle
  6. Joule's law
  7. Joule-Kelvin effect
  8. Joule-Kelvin effects
  9. joule-second
  10. joule-seconds
  11. Joule-Thomson effect

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