WATT

Pronunciation (US):

• WATT (noun)
  The noun WATT has 2 senses:

1. a unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a resistance of 1 ohm
2. Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements in the steam engine led to its wide use in industry (1736-1819)

  Familiarity information: WATT used as a noun is rare.

• WATT (noun)

Meaning:

A unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a resistance of 1 ohm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

watt; W

Hypernyms ("watt" is a kind of...):

power unit (a measure of electric power)

Meronyms (parts of "watt"):

milliwatt (a unit of power equal to one thousandth of a watt)

Holonyms ("watt" is a part of...):

kilowatt; kW (a unit of power equal to 1000 watts)

H.P.; horsepower; HP (a unit of power equal to 746 watts)

Meaning:

Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements in the steam engine led to its wide use in industry (1736-1819)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

James Watt; Watt

Instance hypernyms:

applied scientist; engineer; technologist (a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems)

artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)