Watt
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watt¹
- /wɒt/ UK
- /wɑt/ US
Sounds like wat, wot, what (Received Pronunciation, wine–whine merger) · Rhymes with -ɒt
Where it comes from
Named after Scottish engineer James Watt. For the surname, see Watt.
noun watts
- In the International System of Units, the derived unit of power; the power of a system in which one joule of energy is transferred per second.
Watt²
proper noun Watts
- Watt, a king of Sussex.
- An Anglo-Saxon given name.
- A diminutive of the male given name Walter, of medieval usage, variant of Wat.
- An English and Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
- A ghost town in California, United States.
