watt

English Thesaurus

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

instance hypernym	:	applied scientist, engineer, technologist,
definition	:	a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	artificer, discoverer, inventor,
definition	:	someone who is the first to think of or make something (noun.person)

2. 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 (noun.quantity)

hypernym	:	power unit,
definition	:	a measure of electric power (noun.quantity)

part holonym	:	milliwatt,
definition	:	a unit of power equal to one thousandth of a watt (noun.quantity)

part meronym	:	kilowatt, kw,
definition	:	a unit of power equal to 1000 watts (noun.quantity)

part meronym	:	h.p., horsepower, hp,
definition	:	a unit of power equal to 746 watts (noun.quantity)