Meaning & use
joule
The SI unit of energy or work, equal to the force of one newton acting over one meter.
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The physics problem asked students to calculate energy in joules, not calories.
Lifting the box required roughly fifty joules of mechanical work.
A note on using this word
The joule is named after physicist James Prescott Joule and is commonly abbreviated as J.
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