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wattless

wattless adjective: without any electrical power; said of an alternating current or component of current when it differs in phase by 90 degrees from the electromotive force which produces it, or of an electromotive force or component thereof when the current it produces differs from it in phase by 90 degrees.

Adjective

wattless (not comparable)

  1. Without any electrical power; said of an alternating current or component of current when it differs in phase by 90 degrees from the electromotive force which produces it, or of an electromotive force or component thereof when the current it produces differs from it in phase by 90 degrees.

Origin of wattless

From watt + -less.

Words formed from wattless

Questions about wattless

What does wattless mean?
Wattless means without any electrical power; said of an alternating current or component of current when it differs in phase by 90 degrees from the electromotive force which produces it, or of an electromotive force or component thereof when the current it produces differs from it in phase by 90 degrees.
What part of speech is wattless?
Wattless is an adjective.

Words near wattless in the dictionary

  1. wattled ploughbills
  2. wattleless
  3. wattles
  4. wattleseed
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  8. wattlework
  9. wattling
  10. wattlings
  11. wattman

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