joule 
(jl, joul)
(jl, joul)n. Abbr. J or j
1. The International System unit of electrical, mechanical, and thermal energy.
2.
a. A unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere is passed through a resistance of one ohm for one second.
b. A unit of energy equal to the work done when a force of one newton acts through a distance of one meter. See Table at measurement.
[After James Prescott Joule.]
- uppercase
- upper class
- upper-class
- upperclassman
- upper crust
- upper-crust
- uppercut
- Upper Egypt
- upper GI series
- upper hand
- Upper Klamath Lake
- uppermost
- Upper Palatinate
- Upper Peninsula
- Upper Silesia
- Upper Sorbian
- Upper Tunguska
- Upper Volta
- Upper Volta
- Upper Voltan
- uppish
- uppishly
- uppitiness
- uppity
- uppityness