watt second

1. 1.

   a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second

   SynonymsjouleJ

   Broaderwork unit

   Partserg

Questions about watt second

What does watt second mean?

watt second means "a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second".

What is another word for watt second?

Close synonyms include joule, J. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is watt second a common word?

watt second is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.