joule

See also: Joule

English

Etymology

Named after the English physicist James Prescott Joule.

Pronunciation

• enPR: jūl, joul, IPA^(key): /dʒuːl/, /dʒaʊl/
• Rhymes: -uːl, -aʊl
• Homophone: jewel

Noun

joule (plural joules)

1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of energy, work and heat; the work required to exert a force of one newton for a distance of one metre. Also equal to the energy of one watt of power for a duration of one second. Symbol: J

   The Greisen–Zatsepin–Kuzmin limit (GZK limit) is a theoretical upper limit on the energy of cosmic rays (high energy charged particles from space) coming from "distant" sources. The limit is 5×10¹⁹ eV, or about 8 joules. The limit is set by slowing-interactions of cosmic ray protons with the microwave background radiation over long distances (~163 million light-years). The limit is at the same order of magnitude as the upper limit for energy at which cosmic rays have experimentally been detected. For example, one ultra-high-energy cosmic ray has been detected which appeared to possess a record 50 joules (312 million TeV) of energy (about the same as a 60 mph baseball).^WP

Translations

derived unit of energy, work and heat

• Arabic: جُول‎‎ (ar) m (jūl)
• Armenian: ջոուլ (hy) (ǰoul)
• Asturian: xuliu (ast) m
• Basque: joule
• Belarusian: джоуль m (džóul')
• Bulgarian: джаул m (džául)
• Catalan: joule m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 焦耳 (zh) (jiāo'ěr)

• Czech: joule (cs)
• Danish: joule
• Dutch: joule (nl) m
• Esperanto: ĵulo
• Estonian: džaul
• Finnish: joule (fi)
• French: joule (fr) m
• Galician: joule (gl) m, xulio (gl) m
• Georgian: ჯოული (ǯouli)
• German: Joule (de) n
• Greek: τζάουλ n (tzáoul)
• Hebrew: ג׳ול‎‎ (jul)
• Hindi: जौल (jaul)
• Hungarian: joule (hu)
• Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
• Indonesian: joule (id)

• Italian: joule (it) m
• Japanese: ジュール (ja) (jūru)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 줄 (ko) (jul)
• Latvian: džouls
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Luxembourgish: joule
• Malay: joule
• Maori: wae pūngoi
• Norwegian: joule (no)
• Polish: dżul (pl) m
• Portuguese: joule (pt)
• Romanian: joule (ro)
• Russian: джо́уль (ru) m (džóulʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: џул m, džul (sh) m
• Slovak: joule
• Slovene: joule (sl)
• Spanish: julio (es) m, joule m
• Swedish: joule (sv)
• Telugu: జౌలు (jaulu)
• Thai: จูล (jun)
• Turkish: jul (tr)
• Ukrainian: джоуль m (džóul')
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdʒau̯l]

Noun

joule m

1. joule (the derived unit of energy, work and heat)

Derived terms

• kilojoule
• megajoule

Further reading

• joule in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• joule in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

joule m (plural joules)

1. joule

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Finnish

Noun

joule

1. joule (unit of measure)

Declension

Inflection of joule (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		joule	joulet
genitive		joulen	joulejen
partitive		joulea	jouleja
illative		jouleen	jouleihin
		singular	plural
nominative		joule	joulet
accusative	nom.	joule	joulet
	gen.	joulen
genitive		joulen	joulejen jouleinrare
partitive		joulea	jouleja
inessive		joulessa	jouleissa
elative		joulesta	jouleista
illative		jouleen	jouleihin
adessive		joulella	jouleilla
ablative		joulelta	jouleilta
allative		joulelle	jouleille
essive		joulena	jouleina
translative		jouleksi	jouleiksi
instructive		—	joulein
abessive		jouletta	jouleitta
comitative		—	jouleineen

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒul/

• Audio (Paris)

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Noun

joule m (plural joules)

1. joule (unit of measure)

Further reading

• “joule” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Galician

Etymology

From English joule and this of named after the English physicist James Prescott Joule.

Noun

joule m (plural joules)

1. joule

Synonyms

• xulio

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Italian

Noun

joule m (invariable)

1. joule

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Portuguese

Noun

joule m (plural joules)

1. joule (derived unit of energy, work and heat)

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Spanish

Etymology

From English joule and this of named after the English physicist James Prescott Joule.

Noun

joule m (plural joules)

1. joule

Synonyms

• julio