KILOJOULE Antonyms
Best Opposite Words For KILOJOULE
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| calorie | nounn | |||||
noun • unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure • a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food | ||||||
| foot-pound | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • a unit of work equal to a force of one pound moving through a distance of one foot | ||||||
| horsepower-hour | nounn | |||||
noun • a unit of work equal to the work done by one horsepower in one hour | ||||||
| joule | nounn | |||||
noun • English physicist who established the mechanical theory of heat and discovered the first law of thermodynamics (1818-1889) • 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 | ||||||
| therm | nounn | |||||
noun • a unit of heat equal to 100,000 British thermal units | ||||||
| watt | nounn | |||||
noun • Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements in the steam engine led to its wide use in industry (1736-1819) • 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 | ||||||
| calory | nounn | |||||
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| british thermal unit | nounn | |||||
noun • a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure; equivalent to 251.997 calories | ||||||
| gram calorie | nounn | |||||
noun • unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure | ||||||
