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Joule heating

Joule heating noun: the process by which the passage of an electric current through a conductor produces heat.

Noun

Joule heating (uncountable)

  1. The process by which the passage of an electric current through a conductor produces heat.

Questions about Joule heating

What does Joule heating mean?
Joule heating means the process by which the passage of an electric current through a conductor produces heat.
What part of speech is Joule heating?
Joule heating is a noun.

Words near Joule heating in the dictionary

  1. joul
  2. Joulakian
  3. Joulakians
  4. joule
  5. Joule heat
  6. Joule heating
  7. joule thief
  8. joule thieves
  9. Joule's cycle
  10. Joule's law
  11. Joule-Kelvin effect

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