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A '''Joule''' is a measure of [[work]], named for [[James Prescott Joule]] for his work on the relationship between [[heat]], [[electricity]] and [[work]].
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A '''Joule''' (abbreviated J) is the [[Système international|metric]] measure of [[work]], named for [[James Prescott Joule]] for his work on the relationship between [[heat]], [[electricity]] and [[work]].
  
 
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A Joule (abbreviated J) is the metric measure of work, named for James Prescott Joule for his work on the relationship between heat, electricity and work.

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